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Training aircraft used by Tuskegee Institute

Boeing Corporation, American, founded 1916

A vintage, open-cockpit biplane—one used at Alabama’s renowned Tuskegee Institute to train African American pilots for Army Air Corps service during World War II.

Date

ca. 1944

Type

training aircraft

Medium

steel, aluminum, copper alloy, wood, polyester, rubber, plastic

Department

NMAAHC

Institution

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

nmaahc_2011.82.1-.2

Credit

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture