Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? Chapter 8 & 9

How many Tuskegee pilots served overseas?

How many Tuskegee pilots were held as prisoners of war?

How many Tuskegee airmen died in combat or went missing?

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CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Who was shot down over France and the other pilots did not see that he had escaped and his parents were told he was killed in action?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A pilot who has shot down five or more enemy airplanes is called an ___.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Alexander Jefferson was sent to a ______ ___ ____.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

On some bases, the German prisoners were allowed to use facilities that the black American soldiers could not.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

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CCSS.RL.5.7

What is POW short for?

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

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CCSS.RI.5.5

The Red Tail pilots protected the bigger planes and earned a new nickname, the ___ ____ ______.

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

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CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Some pilots were more interested in becoming ____ and would chase after enemy fighters which left their bombers unprotected.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4