On View
Segregation Gallery
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
Subject of
Boeing Corporation, American, founded 1916
Used by
Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
Subject of
Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
Herrington, Maycie, American, 1918 - 2016
Adams, Paul, American, 1920 - 2013
McGee, Charles E., American, 1919 - 2022
Leftenant-Colon, Nancy, American, born 1920
Mason, Wilbur, American, 1924 - 2016
Henderson, Samuel Wesley, American, 1921 - 2016
Bryon, Cyril O., American, 1920 - 2015
Boyd, George M., American, 1926 - 2018
Childs, William J., American, 1923 - 2013
Jefferson, Alexander, American, 1921 - 2022
Eley, LeRoy, American, 1927 - 2012
Goodall, O. Oliver, American, 1922 - 2010
Lane, Charles A., American, 1925 - 2013
Gaines, Thurston L. Jr., American, 1922 - 2016
Archer, Lee A. Jr., American, 1919 - 2010
Martin, Earl, American, 1924 - 2019
Macon, Franklin J., American, 1923 - 2020
Burns, Rusty, American, 1925 - 2022
Herring, Asa D. Jr., American, 1926 - 2022
Randall, James E., American, 1926 - 2019
Holloman, William H. III, American, 1924 - 2010
Holts, Robert, American, 1924 - 2021
Dunjill, Bev, American, 1927 - 2013
Hall, Leonard, American, 1926 - 2013
Newsum, Fitzroy, American, 1918 - 2013
Harvey, James, American, born 1923
Dr. Brown, Roscoe C., American, 1922 - 2016
Hunter, Samuel C. Jr., American, 1919 - 2013
Gray, Leo R., American, 1924 - 2016
Smith, Quentin, American, 1918 - 2013
Gadson, Oscar C. Jr., American, 1919 - 2021
Warren, James C., American, 1923 - 2014
Ashby, Robert, American, 1926 - 2021
Platte, Claude R. Jr., American, 1921 - 2013
Williams, Milton Jr., American, 1922 - 2017
Date
ca. 1944
Medium
steel, aluminum, copper alloy, wood, polyester, rubber, plastic
Dimensions
H x W x D (2011.82.1): 114 × 386 × 300 in. (289.6 × 980.4 × 762 cm)
H x W x D (2011.82.2 baggage claim door): 21 1/2 × 30 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (54.6 × 78.1 × 7 cm)
Caption
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.
Description
The body of the PT-13D Stearman Kaydet aircraft is painted blue and the wings are painted yellow. The tail is yellow with red and white stripes. The numbers "18303" are white and located on the left and right sides of fuselage. "Spirit of Tuskegee" is printed in red and located on the left and right sides of engine cowl. There are two stars located on either side of the top wing. The stars are white within a black circle. Within the white stars are red circles. On the cargo cover are the signatures of 36 former Tuskegee Airmen.
Classification
Transportation Vehicles
Type
training aircraft
Topic
Aeronautics
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Military
Tuskegee Airmen
World War II
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2011.82.1-.2
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e994f4e9-bef9-41b4-86d9-a2b0ce43f9fc

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