Earl Charles Kent
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Left to right : 1st Lt. Frank R. Hodges, Kosciusko, Miss.; 1st Lt. William E. Keefer, Torrance, Calif.; 1st Lt. Harold K. Kendall, Chariton, Iowa; 1st Lt. Earl C. Kent, Keene, Calif. And 1st Lt. Leland J. Rath, Almond, Wis., all of whom received Air Medals.”
[ Awards ceremony in North Africa – photo sent on 3 March 1943 through Evaluation Unit, AAF from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt. Lieutenants Hodges, Keefer, Kendall, Kent and Rath were all members of the 93rd Bomb Group. ]
Added photo and associated persons
Object Number - UPL 20427 - Official USSAF photo. Original caption : Left to right : 1st Lt. Frank R. Hodges, Kosciusko, Miss.; 1st Lt. William E. Keefer, Torrance, Calif.; 1st...
Earl Kent was Co-Pilot on B-24 41-24025 'Satan's Chariot' on the 31 March 1943 mission to Rotterdam. The plane was last seen heading for England and was lost in the North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Still listed as Missing In Action (MIA)
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34179394
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12032379 and O-660421
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18001342 and O-435716
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17030885
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Peoria, Illinois, United States | 16 August 1941 | in the Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet |
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Other Missing In Action (MIA) |
North Sea | 31 March 2043 | On board B-24 # 41-24025 when it was lost in the North Sea |
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Born |
Peoria, Illinois, United States | ||
| Tazewell County, Illinois, United States | |||
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Other Memorialized |
Cambridge American Cemetery And Memorial, Coton, Cambridge, United Kingdom | Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
from purple heart document issued 2 May 1944. He is a family member and I have all his medals
ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 94, Ted's Travelling Circus by Carroll (Cal) Stewart, p. 89 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia