Donald Ramone Kent
MilitaryDonald Ramone Kent, B-17 Flying Fortress, Radio Operator, United States Army Air Forces, Eighth Air Force, 401st Bomb Group, 614th Bomb Squadron, 28 missions over Germany, Berlin Air Lift, Served in the Korean War.
Donald Ramone Kent b.10/27/25- d.02/25/11
See Don's 8th AFHS-MN webpage at
https://sites.google.com/site/8thafhsmn/pictures/don-kent
Don was the 8th AFHS-MN Chaplain.
Missions 1945: Feb 6 Geisen; 9 Lutzkendorf; 14 Dresden; 16 Gelsenkirchen; 21 Nurnburg; 28 SOest; Mar 1 Heilbron; 2 Chemnitz; 3 chemnitz; 7 Siegen; 14 Lohne; 15 Zossen; 17 Molbis; 18 Berlin; 19 Plauen; 21 Hopstein; 22 Barmingholten; 24 Enschede; 30 Bremen; 31 Weimar; Apr 4 Untersluis; 5 Ingolstadt; 7 Luneburg; 14 Royan; 15 Royan; 17 Dresden; 19 Falkenburg; 28 Brandenburg. Planes: 'Shark Tooth,' 'Becomin' Back,' 'Chute the Works,' 'Net Result,' 'Miss Gee Eyewanna Go Home,' 'Aw Come On. '
Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ EAME Medal w/ 4 Battle Stars/ Good Conduct Medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Calumet, Minnesota | 27 October 1925 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2475