likely true when she acquired the skills to actually not only fly it but to dog fight and win as well.
The Bomber groups going to Germany would request the Tuskegee airmen to accompany them because they knew these men would prtect them and keep the vast majority of them from being shot down by German aircraft.
They were an exceptionally talented group of men who helped win that war in the air!
We owe them as well as others huge debt of gratitude for their part imo.