Illinois Heartland Library System

- Consolidated PB-2A (P-30A)
- Consolidated Aircraft PB-2A (P-30A); Fighter planes; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Chanute Field; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World...
- Black and white photograph of members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron posed on and around a Consolidated PB-2A fighter plane with exhaust-driven supercharger on the left side cowling; probably taken at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Nelson Brooks, Dudley Stevenson, Elmer Jones and William R. Thompson
- Brooks, Nelson S.; Stevenson, Dudley W.; Jones, Elmer D.; Thompson, William R., 1916-2002; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial...
- Black and white photograph of (L-R, back) Nelson Brooks, Dudley Stevenson (L-R, front) Elmer Jones, and William R. Thompson. The photograph was taken in an unidentified location. They were among the first aviation cadets with the 99th Fighter...
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Communications Training, 99th Pursuit Squadron
- United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Aeronautics, Military--Communication systems; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War,...
- Black and white photograph of an instructor and student in communications training at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- 99th Pursuit Squadron Air Mechanics Graduation
- United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Aviation mechanics (Persons); Commencement ceremonies; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War,...
- Black and white photograph of a graduating air mechanics class 100 members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron at Building P-2, Hangar #3, Chanute Field,Rantoul, Illinois. The hangar/building is now the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum (OCAM).
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Tuskegee Airmen Mural, Chanute Field
- United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Chanute Field; Mural painting and decoration, American; Rantoul (Ill.); Photographs
- Black and white photograph of a mural dedicated to the Tuskegee Airmen, painted on a cinder block wall at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- 99th Pursuit Squadron Air Mechanics Graduation
- Black, Gorham; Hookaday, Wendell; Farrar, Alfred; Woodson, Paul; Hendricks, Albert; Carey, Albert; Reid, Henry; Spann, John; Tyner, Lloyd; Smith, Earl; Smith, Leon; Sydnor, Paul; Clarke, Clarence; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter...
- Members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron posed before a Douglas B-18 Bolo, 6060, during an air mechanics graduation ceremony at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois. Pictured from left to right are: Gorham Black, Wendell Hookaday, Alfred Farrar, Paul...
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- 99th Pursuit Squadron Air Mechanics Graduation
- Black, Gorham; Hookaday, Wendell; Farrar, Alfred; Woodson, Paul; Hendricks, Albert; Carey, Albert; Reid, Henry; Spann, John; Tyner, Lloyd; Smith, Earl, Smith, Leon; Sydnor, Paul; Clarke, Clarence; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter...
- Members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron posed before a Douglas B-18 Bolo, 6060, during an air mechanics graduation ceremony at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois. Pictured from left to right are: Gorham Black, Wendell Hookaday, Alfred Farrar, Paul...
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- 99th Pursuit Squadron Air Mechanics Graduation?
- United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Aviation mechanics (Persons); Fighter planes; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War,...
- Black and white photograph of members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, probably graduating members of an air mechanics class, with a Bell YFM-1B Airacuda at Building P-2, Hangar #3, Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- 99th Pursuit Squadron Glee Club
- Nelson, Cecil; Dorsey, Jack K.; Cobb, William; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War,...
- Black and white photograph of members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron Glee Club at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois. Identified members are: Cecil Nelson (2nd from left), Jack K Dorsey (4th from left), and William "Pete" Cobb (director).
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- 99th Pursuit Squadron Air Mechanics Graduation?
- United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Aviation mechanics (Persons); Commencement ceremonies; Douglas airplanes; Bombers; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations,...
- Black and white photograph of members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, probably members of an air mechanics graduating class, posed before a Douglas B-18 Bolo, 6060 at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- 99th Pursuit Squadron Air Mechanics Graduation?
- United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Aviation mechanics (Persons); Commencement ceremonies; Douglas airplanes; Bombers; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations,...
- Black and white photograph of members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, probably members of an air mechanics graduating class, posed before a Douglas B-18 Bolo, 6060 at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- James L. Johnson, 99th Pursuit Squadron
- Johnson, James L., Jr.; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Aviation mechanics (Persons); World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War,...
- Black and white photograph of engineering trainee James L. Johnson, serial number 320633709, one of the first six aviation cadets, reading at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Charles Hall, DuSable Hotel, Chicago, 1945
- Hall, Charles B.; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Chicago (Ill.); World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation,...
- Black and white photograph of Charles B. Hall. "Hall at DuSable Hotel" is written on the back of this photograph.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Administrative/Finance Training, 99th Pursuit Squadron
- United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Military administration--Study and teaching; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War,...
- Black and white photograph of members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron in administrative/finance training at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Enlisted Men and Aviation Cadets at Chanute Field
- United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American; Chanute Field;...
- Black and white photograph of enlisted men and two officers/aviation cadets of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, as it was initially commissioned, posed in front of Building T-39 (mess hall) at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois. Some of the men are holding...
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- William R. Thompson's First Day at Chanute Field
- Thompson, William R., 1916-2002; Fighter pilots; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War,...
- Black and white photograph of weapons officer William R. Thompson taken on his first day in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Marching at Chanute Field
- United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American; Chanute Field;...
- Black and white photograph of members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron marching to or from classes in the World War I era section of Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Dudley Stevenson
- Stevenson, Dudley W.; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Italy; Chanute Field; Rantoul (Ill.); World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War,...
- Black and white photograph of the 99th Fighter Squadron's communications officer Dudley Stevenson in Italy. Stevenson was one of the original six aviation cadets trained at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois. The inscription reads "To Bill after 2...
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- William Towns? at Chanute Field.
- Towns, William; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American;...
- Black and white photograph of a cadet, thought to be William Towns, resting in a barracks at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois. Towns was one of the original six African American aviation cadets who began training at Chanute. He and William R....
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Aviation Mechanics' Graduation, Chanute Field
- Aviation mechanics (Persons); Commencement ceremonies; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War,...
- Black and white photograph of graduating aviation mechanics posed in front of a Douglas B-18 Bolo 6060 at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen