Background
Sagendorph, Kent was born on April 23, 1902 in Jackson, Michigan, United States. Son of William Kent and Ethel (Abbott) Sagendorph.
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Graduate Jackson High School, 1920. Student University of Michigan and United States Army Technology School, 1922.
Career
Aerial photographer, United States Army Air Service, Clark Field and Nichols Field, Philippine Islands, 1922-1924. Travel in China, Siberia, Japan, summer and fall, 1924. Commercial aerial photographer, Los Angeles, 1925, Mexico, 1926.
Member of staff Fairchild Aerial Surveys, preparing technical manuals and trade magazine summaries to 1929.
Contributor editor Aeronautical Digest, 1929-1931. Author of 800 magazine articles on aviation and current history.
Lecturing on aviation since 1939. Lieutenant colonel, United States Air Force Reserve.
On active duty May 1942-November 1945.
President Veterans’ Flying Association of America. Graduate, Air Command & staff schedul United States Air Force, 1950.
Achievements
Membership
Member of staff Fairchild Aerial Surveys, preparing technical manuals and trade magazine summaries to 1929. Club: Aeronautical. (Omaha).
Connections
Married Ruth Doctorate. Howard, November 11, 1933. Children: Mary Lou, Wallace Kent.
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February 5, 1958 (aged 55) -
Resting place
Buried Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, Michigan -
Nationality
American