OOS Sculpture

Tuskegee Airmen Mural

2019 / Ruston Baker / Steubenville

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This is a grand mural commemorating the Tuskegee Airmen and Steubenville, Ohio showing brothers Jerome and John “Ellis” Edwards and eight planes. Jerome Edwards was killed in 1943 when the P-51 he was piloting crashed on takeoff, but his younger brother went on to earn the Distinguished Flying Cross after single-handedly shooting down two Messerschmitts. The Edwards brothers were Tuskegee Airmen, part of the 332nd Air Division “Red Tail” Squadron. The mural depicts the Edwards brothers striding across the airstrip in Italy, preparing to go into battle. The mural is located on Washington Street in Steubenville, Ohio.

Location: Washington Street

County

: Jefferson

Citation

: Ruston Baker, “Tuskegee Airmen Mural ,” Ohio Outdoor Sculpture , accessed December 3, 2023, http://oos.sculpturecenter.org/items/show/1774.

Title

Tuskegee Airmen Mural

Description

This is a grand mural commemorating the Tuskegee Airmen and Steubenville, Ohio showing brothers Jerome and John “Ellis” Edwards and eight planes. Jerome Edwards was killed in 1943 when the P-51 he was piloting crashed on takeoff, but his younger brother went on to earn the Distinguished Flying Cross after single-handedly shooting down two Messerschmitts. The Edwards brothers were Tuskegee Airmen, part of the 332nd Air Division “Red Tail” Squadron. The mural depicts the Edwards brothers striding across the airstrip in Italy, preparing to go into battle. The mural is located on Washington Street in Steubenville, Ohio.

Creator

Ruston Baker

Date

2019

Source

https://www.heraldstaronline.com/news/local-news/2019/09/tuskegee-airmen-mural-in-downtown-steubenville-takes-flight/

Identifier

#1774

Location City

Steubenville

Location County

Jefferson

Location Street

Washington Street