![]() ![]() However, Ray Gun is injured during the battle and suffers impaired vision in one of his eyes. There, they battle Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters led by a German ace pilot they nickname, "Pretty Boy" ( Lars van Riesen), scoring their first aerial victories over the enemy, as well as destroying a German airfield. Meanwhile, Stance is able to secure a chance to "light up the board" when the Tuskegee Airmen are chosen to support the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy known as Operation Shingle. After returning to base from a mission, Lightning spies a pretty Italian girl named Sofia ( Daniela Ruah), becomes instantly infatuated with her, and starts a relationship. Strife develops between roommates and best friends, Easy and Lightning, each of whom are battling their own inner demons Lightning is a hotheaded and reckless pilot who takes too many risks, while Easy is an alcoholic prone to self doubt. Bullard ( Terrence Howard ), face a white military bureaucracy still resistant to accepting black flyers as equals. Joe "Lightning" Little ( David Oyelowo ), Ray "Ray Gun" or "Junior" Gannon ( Tristan Wilds ), and Samuel "Joker" George ( Elijah Kelley ) under the guidance of Major Emanuel Stance ( Cuba Gooding, Jr. Martin "Easy" Julian ( Nate Parker ), Lt. ![]() ![]() Chafing at their ground attack missions against trains and enemy ground transport, the Tuskegee Airmen recognize that they may never fight the Luftwaffe in fighter-to-fighter combat. In 1944, after enduring racism throughout their recruitment and training in the Tuskegee training program, the 332d Fighter Group of young African American USAAF fighter pilots are finally sent into combat in Italy, although flying worn-out Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft. ![]()
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