Employee performance appraisal form for Sherman T. Rose

This appraisal is for Sherman T. Rose, a civilian flight instructor and original Tuskegee Airman, who trained Tuskegee pilots in World War II and continued working for the U.S. military as a civilian flight instructor after the war. A student at the Tuskegee Institute, Rose was a graduate of the first Advanced Civil Pilot Training Program class there in 1940. After passing the advanced training course, Rose stayed at Tuskegee as a civilian flight instructor, where he taught members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group. Although the term “Tuskegee Airmen” is often limited to the relatively small group of military aviators, specifically pilots with the 99th Pursuit Squadron and 332nd fighter group, there were over 10,000 African American men and women at Tuskegee who supported those aviators, both as members of the military and as civilians like Mr. Rose, who also earned the title “Tuskegee Airmen.” Rose continued working for the U.S. military as a civilian flight instructor after the war, becoming the first Black flight instructor at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Rose served as a fixed wing and rotary wing instructor there for more than 20 years, retiring in 1974.