From the Archives: The Flight Plan Newsletter, Vol. XI no. 1, January 2004, Chicago DODO Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Submitted by Bobbie M. Anthony-Perez On December 16, 2003, thirty “DODO”…
By Vince Saunders Shelby Foster Westbrook was born in Marked Tree, Arkansas on January 14, 1922, to Livingston and Lillian Westbrook. He was one of seven children – his siblings…
In Loving Memory of Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, Jr. February 9, 1926 – February 8, 2023 Oscar Lawton (Wilk) Wilkerson, Jr. was born on February 9, 1926, in Chicago Heights,…
By Vince Saunders In 1903 W.E.B. Du Bois wrote in “The Souls of Black Folk” that “the problem of the 20th century will be the problem of the color line,” a…
Lt. Col. Warren was one of the 101 arrested at Freeman Field (as was former TAI Chicago president Roy Chappell). He wrote a book, The Tuskegee Airmen Mutiny at Freeman…
Head over to Freeman Municipal Airport in Seymour, IN for a full week of lectures, performances, exhibits and more, October 3-8, 2022. The weeklong activities will culminate in the dedication…
John Charles Robinson (November 26, 1903 – March 27, 1954, was an African American aviator and activist. He earned the name “Brown Condor” during his service to the Ethiopian Air…
A program scheduled for July 19, 2022 will be honoring Bob Martin, a Lonely Eagles (deceased) member of the Chicago Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen. The Dubuque Regional Airport Commission and Staff,…
So how did we get to be called the Chicago “DODO” Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen? The word “DODO” was originally an ironic sobriquet the airmen used in the 1950s…
The Chicago “DODO” Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen was proud to be a part of the 2022 Memorial Day Parade in Chicago. The event took place on Saturday, May 28,…
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