In the total escort missions flown by the coloured pilots of the Red Tail Squadron…only 26 bombers were lost to enemy aircraft while under their watch. By wars end, the Tuskegee Airmen had been awarded a combined one hundred and fifty Distinguished Flying Crosses, fourteen Bronze Stars, Seven hundred and forty four Air Medals, Eight Purple Hearts, three Distinguished Unit Citations and one Silver Star.
Thier combat records will forever stand as a monument to the professionalism, dedication and bravery of its crews…for the Tuskegee Airmen to achieve all they have in spite of their own country’s racial intolerance and the obstacles placed before them by their own military, is a testament to all who flew with the crimson tails.