2 real historical locations · Italy, Romania
George Lucas' film about the Tuskegee Airmen — the African-American pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group who proved their worth over Italy and became legendary for never losing a bomber under their escort. A story of excellence defeating prejudice in the skies over Europe.
CinemaMapped has mapped 2 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Italy, Romania.
The Tuskegee Airmen's base in Italy — from which the 332nd Fighter Group flies escort missions over occupied Europe.
The 332nd Fighter Group flew from Ramitelli from May 1944, flying 15,553 individual sorties and 1,578 missions. They were the only fighter group in the 15th Air Force not to lose a single escorted bomber to enemy figh...
View location →Escort missions to the heavily-defended Ploiesti refineries — which supplied roughly one-third of Germany's oil.
Ploiesti was one of the most dangerous Allied bombing targets of the war. The 1943 low-level raid (Operation Tidal Wave) cost 54 of 177 attacking aircraft. The 332nd escorted bombers on multiple high-altitude Ploiesti...
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