question: Which fighter  group was Mitchell Higginbotham a member of during World War II?
answer: Tuskegee Airmen
context: Title: Mitchell Higginbotham
  Passage: Mitchell Higginbotham (March 2, 1921 – February 14, 2016) was a U.S. Army Air Force officer who was a member of the famed African American World War II fighter group known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
  Title: Hiram Mann
  Passage: Hiram Mann (May 23, 1921 – May 17, 2014) was an American aviator, retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, and member of the Tuskegee Airmen's 332nd Fighter Group, an elite squadron of African-American airmen during World War II.  Mann flew forty-eight missions over Europe as a member of the 332nd Fighter Group during the war.  Mann was a member of the "Red Tails," as the Tuskegee Airmen were called at the time, so-called because the tails of the P-51D Mustangs flown by the African-American pilots in combat missions were painted crimson red.  (The term "Tuskegee Airmen" did not come into use until the creation of a veteran's organization in 1972).  Mann nicknamed his own fighter plane "The Iron Lady" after his wife.
  Title: William J. Hovde
  Passage: William Johnston Hovde (4 April 1917 – 13 March 1996) was a United States Air Force colonel and a World War II flying ace.  Hovde served two tours in the 355th Fighter Group and commanded the 358th Fighter Squadron, ending the war with 10.5 victories.  He also served in the Korean War, claiming another victory while in command of the 335th Fighter Squadron.  After serving as an attaché in Mexico, Hovde commanded Ethan Allen Air Force Base and the 14th Fighter Group.  He retired in 1967, and worked in the liquor business before finally retiring and moving to San Antonio.  Hovde became president of the American Fighter Aces Association, and died in 1996.
  Title: Robert B. Tresville
  Passage: Robert B. Tresville Jr. (May 9, 1921 – June 24, 1944) was an African American pilot who served in the original 332nd Fighter Group of the United States Army Air Forces, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, during World War II.  He was only the seventh African American to graduate from West Point.  He was Commanding Officer of the 100th Fighter Squadron and was widely considered to be one of the 332nd Fighter Group's most promising leaders.  He went missing in action after his plane went down over the Mediterranean Sea in June 1944.
  Title: G. J. Higginbotham
  Passage: Girstle J. (Dutch) Higginbotham (February 22, 1920 – December 5, 2010) was an American politician in the state of Alabama.  He served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1966 to 1970, 1974 to 1977, 1986 to 1990, and 1990 to 1994.  He also served in the Alabama State Senate from 1977 to 1978 and 1978 to 1982.  In the House, he was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee from 1986 to 1994.  Higginbotham was also a member of the Alabama Board of Education from 1994 to 2002.  Born in Calhoun City, Mississippi, he was the son of C.F. and Mary Alice (née Winters) Higginbotham.  He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, having served in the U.S. Army Reserve, reaching the rank of Colonel.  He died at his residence in Opelika, Alabama in 2010 and was buried at Garden Hills Cemetery.
  Title: Tuskegee Airmen
  Passage: is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) who fought in World War II.  Officially, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces.  The name also applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks and other support personnel for the pilots.
citations: Mitchell Higginbotham Tuskegee Airmen