Douglass, Kingman

Date of birth:: April 16th, 1896 (Oak Park/Illinois, United States)
Date of death:: October 8th, 1971 (New York City/New York, United States)
Nationality:: American

Biography

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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Captain
Unit:: 91st Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service
Awarded on:: 1919

"For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 91st Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Longuyon, 31 October 1918, While on a photographic mission Captain Douglass encountered a superior number of enemy pursuit planes. Notwithstanding the odds against him, he turned and dived on the hostile formation, destroying one plane and damaging another. He then continued on his mission and returned photographs of great military value."

War Department, General Orders No. 1

Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.3x)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Colonel
Unit:: Allied Intelligence Group Pacific Theater, Allied Forces
Awarded on:: July 19th, 1946

Royal decree no. 10.

Sources

- https://www.onderscheidingen.nl/
- Kingman Douglass - Recipient -