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SDASM Volunteer meeting with featured speaker, Ralph Kling (USAFR retired). This 57 minute presentation by Mr. Kling is a history lesson the US Air Corps use of the P-47 in a ground attack roll and predecessor of the Forward Air Controller concept. The 1Lt Kling was shot down by ground fire in September 1944 and was sent to Stalag Luft 3 as a POW. He was repatriated in April 1945. This is his personal story of WW2. From the archives of the San Diego Air and Space Museum http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/research/ Please do not use for commercial purposes without permission.
Type
moving image
Subject
San Diego Air and Space Museum P-47 Ralph Kling P-47 Razorback Stalag Luft w Mooseberg The long march
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