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Oral History Interview with Ralph Kling a P-47 pilot in WW2. SDASM Docent Ron Carrico and SDASM Docent and Historian Gordon Permann conducted the interview. Mr. Kling flew with the 365th Fighter Group, 388th Fighter Squadron beginning shortly before D-Day until he was shot down by ground fire in September 1944. Mr. Kling was taken prisoner and after hospitalization to recover from wounds spent time in Stalag Luft 4 and then endured the Long March in late January, 1945, to Stalag Luft 7 in Moosberg, Germany. After the war Mr. Kling became a school teacher and now 91 years old and lives in Ramona California. 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.
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Subject
San Diego Air and Space Museum atlas ICBM 399th Fighter Squadron Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (Aircraft Model) Gordon Permann 365th Fighter Group 388th Fighter Squadron Hell Hawks Ralph Kling P-47 Razorback Lt. Col. Robert Hillman Hans Scharff Stalag Luft 4 Stalag Luft 7 WW2 POW Long March World War Two Me 109 Thunderbolt D-Day (Event) Normandy Landings (Military Conflict)
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