10 Facts About Walter Manning

Walter Peyton Manning was an American fighter pilot of the primarily African American Tuskegee Airmen.

Walter Manning flew 50 missions, and was awarded the Air Medal for heroism six times.

Walter Manning was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007 along with all other Tuskegee Airmen.

In 1942, Walter Manning was rejected for military service because of a hammer toe.

Walter Manning used his savings to pay for surgery to repair his toe so that he could enlist.

Walter Manning served as a pilot from Ramitelli Air Base, Italy.

Walter Manning was involved in a dogfight with German planes on Easter morning, April 1,1945, over the Danube river in Austria.

Walter Manning parachuted to a waiting mob but was pulled away by a local policeman.

Walter Manning was captured and jailed in Austria at a Luftwaffe base near Linz.

Walter Manning was born in Baltimore, Maryland but grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.