John E Klink

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Ground personnel of the 20th Fighter Group work on a P-38 Lightning. Handwritten on slide: "P-38J 2104207 KI: 1944 55th Ftr sq 20th Ftr Gp" Printed on slide: "J.W. PHEGLEY" media-388496.jpg FRE 5421 Ground personnel of the 20th Fighter Group work on P-38J-15-LO, s/n 42-104207, coded KI-N assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron. Aircraft lost 16 July 1944. The pilot, Lt. John Klink, escaped and evaded capture, returning safely.


Handwritten on slide: "P-38J 2104207 KI: 1944 55th Ftr sq 20th Ftr Gp" Printed on slide: "J.W. PHEGLEY" Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5421 - Ground personnel of the 20th Fighter Group work on P-38J-15-LO, s/n 42-104207, coded KI-N assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron. Aircraft lost 16...

RTD, crashed into channel on 16 Jul 44, hit by flak in P-38 #42-104207



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster

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Syracuse, New York

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR

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Ground personnel of the 20th Fighter Group work on a P-38 Lightning. Handwritten on slide: "P-38J 2104207 KI: 1944 55th Ftr sq 20th Ftr Gp" Printed on slide: "J.W. PHEGLEY"

Object number: FRE 5421 - Ground personnel of the 20th Fighter Group work on...