Tuskegee Airmen: New Rochelle man helped make 'Red Tails' history

The "all-black movie" is based on the true story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the WWII pilots who were the first black servicemen to fly combat missions for the US Army Air Forces at a time when the military was racially segregated

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Wofford was a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. / Provided photo The Tuskegee University website lists three area pilots as graduates of the famed Tuskegee Flight School: Rochester's Theodore W. Lancaster (10/16/1944), Rochester's Leland H.

Tuskegee airman survivor Edward Dancy, right, meets Jay Lester, 7, of White Plains and his great aunt Joann Curtis of Mount Vernon at the movies, Jan. 21, 2012 at New Roc City in New Rochelle. A group of friends led by Betty Jackson took New Rochelle's

Click here Tuskegee Airmen honored at LI theaters Originally published: January 21, 2012 10:01 PM Updated: January 21, 2012 10:04 PM By MARTIN C. EVANS martin.evans@newsday.com Long Island civic group members honored the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen