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World War II Ace
Ken went to war against the Germans with the American Eagle Squadron in 1940. He became an ace before the U.S.A. entered the war against Germany.He shot down 13 German aircraft in the war torn skies over England and France in World War II. Ken was shot down twice by ground fire while strafing German air fields. Each time he escaped and made his way through the "French Underground" back to England. Two days later he was fighting the Germans.
In Korea, Ken was the first man to shoot down a Russian Mig jet with an obsolete P-51 fighter.
A bomb hung up in the same fighter and blew up on landing, tearing the P-51 apart.
"Who once did so much for America - and for all of us"
Details
| HM Number | HMR1X |
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| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 20th Century, WW II |
| Historical Place | Gov Building |
| Marker Type | Memorial |
| Marker Class | Neither |
| Marker Style | Free Standing |
| Marker Condition |  0 out of 10 (1 reports) |
| Date Added | Friday, October 10th, 2014 at 4:43am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 10T E 565114 N 4447566 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.17595000, -122.23521667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 10.557', W 122° 14.113' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 10' 33.4200" N, 122° 14' 6.7800" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 530 |
| Can be seen from road? | Yes |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 401-499 Oak St, Red Bluff CA 96080, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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