CLIPPED WINGS book RW KIMBAL Stalag Luft III WW2 POW Camp Named to 91st BG POW

CLIPPED WINGS book RW KIMBAL Stalag Luft III WW2 POW Camp Named to 91st BG POW

“Clipped Wings” by  R.W.  KIMBALL and narrated by  O.M. Chiesl. 1948. Hardcover.

The picture-story of American flying officers in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, Stalag Luft III at Sagan, Germany.

Book is named to Charles R. Hackstock of the 322d Squadron, 91st Bomb Group. 2/Lt Hackstock (O-711998) was co-pilot of the B-17, Miss Slipstream (#43-38202). He was shot down during the mission to attack the oil refinery at Merseburg on Nov. 2nd 1944, captured and became a POW at camp Luft III 7a. Hackstock also served in Korea and Vietnam before retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was the 91st Bomb Group Memorial Association president in the early 1990s.

Good condition. Clean pages and binding.