# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-m-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:38:24.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-m-taylor"
name: "Kenneth M. Taylor"
slug: "kenneth-m-taylor"
description: "Kenneth Marlar Taylor was a United States Air Force officer and a flying ace of World War II. He was a new United States Army Air Corps second lieutenant pilot stationed at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Along with his fellow pilot and friend George Welch, Taylor managed to get a fighter plane airborne under fire. Taylor claimed to have shot down four Japanese dive bombers but only two were confirmed. Taylor was injured during the incident and received several awards for his efforts, including the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart."
tagline: "World War II pilot and flying Ace (1919–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kennethmtaylorheadshot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1919-12-23"
deathDate: "2006-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.96
  momentum:             2.853932584269663
  historical:           5.082368
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%A5%D9%85._%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "كينيث إم. تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_M._Taylor"
    title: "Kenneth M. Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_M._Taylor"
    title: "Kenneth M. Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Taylor_(militare)"
    title: "Kenneth Taylor (militare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Marlar_Taylor"
    title: "Kenneth Marlar Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3195188"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump