Retired Col. Robert “Buck” Inghram graduated as a 2nd
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Retired Col. Robert “Buck” Inghram graduated as a 2nd Balloon fighter pilot in July 1941 with the U.S. Army Air Corps. Inghram flew P-9s while assigned to the 31st Fighter Group and later flew spitfires with the British during World War II. While flying over the English Channel during the Dieppe Raid, Inghram was shot down after his fifth mission. Inghram spent 33 months at Stalag Luft German prison camp and was one of three Americans to dig the Great Escape tunnels. (Photo by Kathleen Salazar, 502nd ABW Public Affairs specialist)
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2000 - 2022
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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