January 21, 2012  'Red Tails': One who lived it sees truth in
film  A local member of the history-making Tuskegee Airmen gives
the movie a qualified thumbs-up.  By Ray Routhier
rrouthier@pressherald.com Staff Writer  SOUTH PORTLAND - In the
new film "Red Tails," about the pioneering Tuskegee Airmen of
World War II, a chief mechanic is often seen comically
complaining about pilots getting bullet holes "in my beautiful
airplanes."  click image to enlarge  James Sheppard of South
Portland, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, went to see “Red Tails,” a
fictionalized account of his all-black fighter group’s heroics
and the racism they faced, as the film opened on Friday at the
Cinemagic Grand at Clarks Pond in South Portland.  John
Ewing/Staff Photographer    Weathers died of pneumonia at age 90
on Oct. 15 in Tucson, Ariz., and was buried Friday at Arlington
National Cemetery. His burial coincided with the official
opening in theaters of “Red Tails,” a George Lucas-produced
movie retelling the story of the Tuskegee Airmen