Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? Intro & Chapter 1

How many years had WWII being going on before the United States joined the fight?

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

_____ played a major role in winning the war.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The bombing doors in the belly of the B-24s plane had jammed open and the wind was blowing in at _____ _______ below zero.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Fleischer's copilot spotted an airfield, but it was one that didn't show up on any of their charts.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What did Larry Fleischer lose when trying to unstick the doors?

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Fleischer and his crew were excited finally meet the Red Tails in-person, but were shocked when they discovered they were an all _____ crew.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Who had saved Fleischer and his crew on more than one bombing mission?

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Fleischer expected the airfield they landed in to be a ______ field because it was not located on any of their maps.

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

The only black people Fleischer had ever seen in the army were _____ and _______, until he met the Red Tails.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The Red Tails were the famous ________ ______.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5