LT WALTER THOMPSON KENT WAS FERRYING A P-39 "AIRACOBRA" FROM GORE FIELD, MONTANA TO FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, FOR EVENTUAL DELIVERY TO RUSSIA, WHEN HIS PLANE DISAPPEARED. GROUND PARTIES AND AERIAL OBSERVERS SEARCHED THE AREA BUT NO TRACE WAS FOUND. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CONCLUDED THAT HE HAD BEEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AFTER FLYING INTO A STORM.
IN SEPTEMBER 1965 THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE DISCOVERED WRECKAGE OF THE P-39, ALONG WITH LT.KENT'S PERSONAL EFFECTS, NEAR WATSON LAKE IN THE YUKON TERRITORY.
(from the Bagdad Cemetery records at the Public Library.)
***I would like to thank Charging Forward KY Find A Grave ID 49801517 for adding his photos to this memorial in addition to updating the birth location on it***
IN SEPTEMBER 1965 THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE DISCOVERED WRECKAGE OF THE P-39, ALONG WITH LT.KENT'S PERSONAL EFFECTS, NEAR WATSON LAKE IN THE YUKON TERRITORY.
(from the Bagdad Cemetery records at the Public Library.)
***I would like to thank Charging Forward KY Find A Grave ID 49801517 for adding his photos to this memorial in addition to updating the birth location on it***
LT WALTER THOMPSON KENT WAS FERRYING A P-39 "AIRACOBRA" FROM GORE FIELD, MONTANA TO FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, FOR EVENTUAL DELIVERY TO RUSSIA, WHEN HIS PLANE DISAPPEARED. GROUND PARTIES AND AERIAL OBSERVERS SEARCHED THE AREA BUT NO TRACE WAS FOUND. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CONCLUDED THAT HE HAD BEEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AFTER FLYING INTO A STORM.
IN SEPTEMBER 1965 THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE DISCOVERED WRECKAGE OF THE P-39, ALONG WITH LT.KENT'S PERSONAL EFFECTS, NEAR WATSON LAKE IN THE YUKON TERRITORY.
(from the Bagdad Cemetery records at the Public Library.)
***I would like to thank Charging Forward KY Find A Grave ID 49801517 for adding his photos to this memorial in addition to updating the birth location on it***
IN SEPTEMBER 1965 THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE DISCOVERED WRECKAGE OF THE P-39, ALONG WITH LT.KENT'S PERSONAL EFFECTS, NEAR WATSON LAKE IN THE YUKON TERRITORY.
(from the Bagdad Cemetery records at the Public Library.)
***I would like to thank Charging Forward KY Find A Grave ID 49801517 for adding his photos to this memorial in addition to updating the birth location on it***
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