Red Tail Reborn

Red Tail Reborn is a 2007 historical documentary film by Adam White about the Commemorative Air Forces Red Tail Project. The project involves the restoration, exhibition and maintenance of a World War II P51 Mustang flown by the United States Air Force 332d Fighter Group. The exhibition of this plane is considered to be a traveling and flying tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen. In addition to increasing awareness of the travails of the Tuskegee Airmen, this film served to highlight the Red Tail Project fundraising effort to rebuild the plane after a 2004 crash.

Red Tail Reborn is described by Allrovie as ... the story of the brave AfricanAmerican pilots who risked their lives in order to ensure that peace prevailed, and the people who have dedicated their lives to ensure that they are not forgotten. It tells three stories in one the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the history of the Red Tail Mustangs they flew one of which is the subject of the restoration efforts and the story of the late Don Hinz who crashed the first restored Mustang in 2004.The film sheds light on the bravery and heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen in their service as bomber escorts for the Allied Forces in the European Theatre of World War II. It documents that the Tuskegee Airmen were the countrys first African American military aviators taking flight in World War II, despite contemporary stereotyping of African American men as lacking the essential intellectual and emotional qualities necessary to fly. The film even presents government documents deriding African American men as substandard and cowards. It describes segregation endured by the African American military officers, and it describes how these pilots distinguished themselves with their record. ........

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