George Lucas's battle to bring the story of black WW2 pilots the Red Tails to the big screen. They were among the most heroic fighter pilots in World War Two. The courageous and daring US Red Tail squadrons destroyed 112 German planes in the air, another 150 on the ground, hundreds of trains and trucks, even a ship. Their bravery was the stuff of legend. Their devotion to their country unquestionable. Scores of pilots were awarded medals. Yet there was no heroes’ return for them after the war. Because the pilots, more than 400 of them, were all black...
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