[6] Though most of his white physics classmates obtained immediate employment from large corporations, he was only able to secure a job as a chauffeur.

In the Fall 1941, he joined Tuskegee Institute's Civil Pilot Training Program as a faculty member.

[1] On July 3, 1942, Wiley graduated from the program's four-ever Cadet Class Single Engine Section SE-42-F, earning his wings and a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant.

[1] While logging flight training hours at an air field in Tallahassee, Florida without his normal African American ground crew, Wiley crashed his aircraft after a racist white crew person likely affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan tampered and sabotaged his aircraft.

On May 5, 1943: Wiley and Graham Smith were the 99th Fighter Squadron's first two P-40 pilots to land in North Africa, at Oued N’ja in French Morocco.

After buying a Ducati motorcycle on the island, Wiley crashed into a truck, landing him in the hospital for several days.

[1] As flight leader, Wiley led squadron planes on ground attacks upon a German troop train with 500 enemy soldiers.

In Spring 1944 after his hands had developed a constant tremor, Wiley boarded a ship en route to the United States.

[6] His memorial service held at the University Unitarian Church in Seattle was attended by over 400 people and was covered by local TV news media.