Benjamin Ralph Kimlau Military person

Benjamin Ralph Kimlau (金劳少尉) (1918–1944) was a Chinese American aviator and United States Air Force bomber pilot.Kimlau was born on April 10, 1918 in Concord, MA and moved to New York City with his parents in 1932. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School. After his visit to China, he studied at Pennsylvania Military College in Chester, Pennsylvania from 1938 to 1942. Upon graduation he was promoted to Field Artillery 2nd Lieutenant. With America at war, Kimlau joined the US Army Field Artillery, but later transferred to the United States Army Air Forces 380th Bombardment Group of the Fifth Air Force. After training as a pilot, he was stationed at Fenton Airfield in Australia. In Australia, Kimlau flew B-24 Liberator bomber in missions during the New Guinea campaign. On March 5, 1944, Kimlau's bomber was attacked by the Japanese and crashed near Los Negros Island.His bomber group was given 2 Presidential Unit Citations.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 11, 1918
Birth place
Concord Massachusetts
Date of deathMarch 05, 1944
Place of death
Papua New Guinea , Admiralty Islands , Los Negros Island
Resting place
Los Negros Island

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allegiance
(United States Army
United States Army Air Forces)
military command530th Squadron
military unit
380th Expeditionary Operations Group
service start1942
service end1944

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