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POW
Stalag Luft I
22June44
396th Fighter Squadron Photo Album Page J-N
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Boyd "Swede" Johnson Back of photo states: "He went to front and brought back motorcycle he knocked rider off while straffing"
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Earl Kielgass and his P-47 C2-L "Arizona Loraine"
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Harold Kessler 396th Adjutant (S-1)
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Rudolph Mueller, Scalzo, & Albert Aquino
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Painting of "Arizona Loraine" by Bob St. Vincent
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Computer generated images by Jon Pritchard
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Frank Kerchner & Robert Howie
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Adolph Vnook is in the back of this converted P-47. The aircraft was used for training and giving rides to the ground crews.
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POW
Stalag Luft III &
Stalag Luft VIIA
20Oct44
Bag belonging to Paul Jasper. Found in a Detroit area antique store by Richard Kik IV, returned to family in 2014.
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1st Lt. John R. Knauss
KIA 18Nov44
MACR #10566, Shot down by flak while
strafing near Heistern, Germany.
P-47D-20-RE 42-76484
Cemetery: Pennslyvania, USA
John P. Koehler Crew Chief
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Albert Larsen Jr. Nose Art
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Captain James Mitchell with 2 huge rabbits.
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?, Mitchell, Nichols, Warren Austin, Shoenberg
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Earl Kielgass was a long time historian for the 368th FG Association. He meticulously cataloged and created a VHS tape series with photographs given to him by 368th veterans. A large number of those photos are on this website.
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