George Kenney
Military Person
1889 – 1977
Who was George Kenney?
George Churchill Kenney was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II. He is best known as the commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area, a position he held from August 1942 until 1945.
Kenney enlisted as a flying cadet in the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in 1917, and served on the Western Front with the 91st Aero Squadron. He was awarded a Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in which he fought off German fighters and shot two down. After hostilities ended he participated in the Occupation of the Rhineland. Returning to the United States, he flew reconnaissance missions along the border between the US and Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Commissioned into the Regular Army in 1920, he attended the Air Corps Tactical School, and later became an instructor there. He was responsible for the acceptance of Martin NBS-1 bombers built by Curtis, and test flew them. He also developed techniques for mounting .30 caliber machine guns on the wings of an Airco DH.4 aircraft.
In early 1940, Kenney became Assistant Military Attaché for Air in France.
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- Born
- Aug 6, 1889
Yarmouth - Also known as
- General George C. Kenney, United States Army
- George C. Kenney
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Florida
- Died
- Aug 9, 1977
Bay Harbor Islands - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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