Ramitelli Airfield Sign (Tuskegee Airmen)
Details:
On the east side of the traffic circle. Marker
A brown information metal street sign.
The sign marks the location of Ramitelli Airfield where the 332nd Fighter Group, the famed Tuskegee Airmen, were stationed during World War 2.
The 332nd Fighter Group, consisting off the 99th, 100th, 301st and 302nd Fighter Squadrons, the "Red Tails", were an African-American unit which flew missions supporting the 15th Air Force from May 1944 to May 1945.
Monument Text:
The text on the sign is written in Italian and reads:
Seconda Guerra Mondiale
In questo luogo iniziava
il campo di volo
RAMITELLI
1944-1945
The translation:
Second World War
In this area
the Airfield was located
RAMITELLI
1944-1945
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group
301st Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group
302nd Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group
332nd Fighter Group
99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group
Tuskegee Airmen
Wars:
WWII
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