Don Gentile
Piqua, OH
Don Gentile in his P-51 Mustang "Shangri-La"
Don Gentile's Medals
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| Airmedal | Distinguished Service Cross | Distinguished Flying Cross |
| (? Oak Leaf Clusters) | (? Oak Leaf Clusters) |
Assigned Aircraft
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| AIRCRAFT | SERIAL NUMBER | CALL LETTERS | DATES ASSIGNED | DESCRIPTION | DISPOSITION |
| Spitfire MkVb | BL255 | MD-T | 10/42 | "Buckeye-Don", boxing eagle on light color circle, 2 black and white kill swastikas under name | Unk |
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| P-47D | 42-8659 | VF-T | 2/44 | "Donnie Boy", 4th FG boxing eagle emblem on light circle with 2 kill crosses on white nose band | Transferred 2/25/44 |
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| P-51B | 43-6913 | VF-T | Spring '44 | "Shangri-La", boxing eagle on yellow circle, 4x14 rows or red and white checkers under manifolds, 30 black and white kill crosses on left cowling to canopy on white scroll in 2 rows, regular canopy, olive drab and grey, white ETO bands on mainplanes only | Salvaged 4/13/44 after Gentile "pranged" it during a low level buzz of the field for photographers after his last mission |
Victories
(includes only those while in the 4th FG)
| Date | Enemy A/C | Air/Ground | Place | Number | |
 | 12/16/43 | Ju-88 | Air | unk | 0.33 |
| | 1/5/44 | FW-190 | Air | 15 mi west of Tours, Fr. | 1 |
| | 1/14/44 | FW-190 | Air | unk | 2 |
| | 2/25/44 | FW-190 | Air | 20 mi s/e of Luxembourg, Lux. | 1 |
| | 3/3/44 | FW-190 | Air | Wittenburg area, Ger. | 2 |
| | 3/8/44 | Me-109 | Air | Berlin suburbs, Ger. | 3.5 |
| | 3/18/44 | FW-190 | Air | Augsburg area, Ger. | 1 |
| | 3/23/44 | Me-109 | Air | Munster area, Ger. | 2 |
| | 3/27/44 | Me-110 | Ground | Cazaux A/D, Fr. | 2 |
| | 3/29/44 | FW-190 | Air | Brunswick area, Ger. | 2 |
| | 3/29/44 | Me-109 | Air | n/e of Brunswick area, Ger. | 1 |
| | 4/1/44 | Me-109 | Air | Unk | 1 |
| | 4/5/44 | Ju-88 | Ground | Stendal A/D, Ger. | 4 |
| | 4/8/44 | FW-190 | Air | near Ruhrburg, Ger. | 3 |
| TOTAL VICTORIES | 4TH FG | ||||
| Air | Ground | Total | Air | Ground | Total |
| 21.8 | 6 | 27.8 | 21.8 | 6 | 27.8 |