Frederick Rodgers Dent Jr

Military
media-52179.jpeg UPL 52179 Colonel Frederick R Dent, 489BG

Object Number - UPL 52179 - Colonel Frederick R Dent, 489BG

Commanding Officer 44th Bomb Group from 4-December-1943 to 29-Mar-44.



Retired from the USAF with the rank of Major General.



Awards: LOM, SS, DFC, AM (OLC), PH, WWII Victory, American Campaign, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mercer, PA 16137, USA 12 February 1908 Son of Frederick R Dent Sr.

Other

Graduated

West Point, NY, USA 13 June 1929 United States Military Academy

Other

3rd Air Force Commander

South Ruislip, Ruislip, Ruislip, Greater London HA4, UK 30 January 1952

Died

1 September 1969

Buried

United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point Orange County NY 5 September 1969 United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point Orange County New York, USA

Other

Graduated

Cambridge, MA, USA Master of Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Other

Group Commander

Shipdham, Norfolk, UK 44th BG

Other

Wing Commander

Halesworth, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK 95th Combat Wing

Revisions

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Chris Brassfield
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp; 44th Bomb Group, The Flying Eightballs, pg 13

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