OSHKOSH, WI — The youngest daughter of one of the first African America aviators in the United States is at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh this week continuing her father’s legacy. Yvonne McGee says her father, Brigadier General Charles McGee loved EAA. He passed away in January and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery last month. She says he’s been attending EAA since there was just a little tent for the Tuskegee Airmen and for the Women Air Force Service Pilots.
According to McGee her father flew 409 combat missions over three wars, World War Two, Korea and Vietnam. McGee says her father never talked about his experiences until 1972. It was then he and other members of the squad decided if they didn’t tell their story no one would, because it wasn’t in the history books. When her brother went for a flight in a P-51 at one Airventure, she quickly learned her father’s mission was successful.
According to Yvonne McGee a study allegedly showed blacks did not have the mental ability to fly a plane. But she says the Tuskegee Airmen had the best escort record during World War Two
