Object Details
Subject of
Boeing Corporation, American, founded 1916
Used by
Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
Subject of
Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
Maycie Herrington, American, 1918 - 2016
Paul Adams, American, 1920 - 2013
Charles E. McGee, American, 1919 - 2022
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, American, born 1920
Wilbur Mason, American, 1924 - 2016
Samuel Wesley Henderson, American, 1921 - 2016
Cyril O. Bryon, American, 1920 - 2015
George M. Boyd, American, 1926 - 2018
William J. Childs, American, 1923 - 2013
Alexander Jefferson, American, 1921 - 2022
LeRoy Eley, American, 1927 - 2012
O. Oliver Goodall, American, 1922 - 2010
Charles A. Lane, American, 1925 - 2013
Thurston L. Gaines Jr., American, 1922 - 2016
Lee A. Archer Jr., American, 1919 - 2010
Earl Martin, American, 1924 - 2019
Franklin J. Macon, American, 1923 - 2020
Rusty Burns, American, 1925 - 2022
Asa D. Herring Jr., American, 1926 - 2022
James E. Randall, American, 1926 - 2019
William H. Holloman III, American, 1924 - 2010
Robert Holts, American, 1924 - 2021
Bev Dunjill, American, 1927 - 2013
Leonard Hall, American, 1926 - 2013
Fitzroy Newsum, American, 1918 - 2013
James Harvey, American, born 1923
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, American, 1922 - 2016
Samuel C. Hunter Jr., American, 1919 - 2013
Leo R. Gray, American, 1924 - 2016
Quentin Smith, American, 1918 - 2013
Oscar C. Gadson Jr., American, 1919 - 2021
James C. Warren, American, 1923 - 2014
Robert Ashby, American, 1926 - 2021
Claude R. Platte Jr., American, 1921 - 2013
Milton Williams Jr., American, 1922 - 2017
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.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
ca. 1944
Object number
2011.82.1-.2
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
training aircraft
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)
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Vehicles
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
On View
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Aeronautics
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Military
Tuskegee Airmen
World War II
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2011.82.1-.2