Military Aviation Art
April 1944. Major Dominic (Don) S. Gentile,
336th Sqdn., Fourth Fighter Group, Eighth Air Force completes his final
combat sortie. Serving with the famed Eagle Squadron since 1942, Gentile
capped a long and distinguished career as a combat pilot with 23 air to
air victories and 7 air to ground kills for 30 German aircraft destroyed.
Due to the hazardous nature of attacking ground targets, particularly with
aircraft powered by liquid-cooled engines, the Eighth's assessment board
gave credit for such kills which made Gentile the 4th's leading ace at the
time.
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