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@one0nine
Dad, husband, aviation historian (WW1 USAS, WW2 Jagdwaffe/USAAF/USN), author, modeler, proud liberal, noted Messerschmitt enthusiast
May 31, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
One aspect of the #TulsaMassacre that seems to get overlooked in the orgy of violence is that there were aircraft literally firebombing the black neighborhoods. And a bit of digging turned up names- the pilots were Air Service veterans flying surplus Curtiss JN-4 "Jennies". 1/ The Feb 1, 1920 edition of the Tulsa Tribune had a brief blurb about a "local oilman" who purchased 447 aircraft (!!!) at a cost of $2,500,000... that's 33.3 MILLION dollars in today's money. What was he going to do with them? Well, fast forward to May 1. 2/