Question: Facts: - commands: kenley pilot royal aircraft establishment rae farnborough royal aircraft establishment station wing commander odiham station commander raf tangmere station commander raf church stanton chief test - birth date: 23 june 1914 - branch: royal air force - relations: eliza daughter -rrb- and robert kent -lrb- parents -rrb- alexandra -lrb- - caption: '' hurricane , october 1940 johnny '' kent posing in front of a - death date: 7 october 1985 - awards: afc dfc & bar virtuti militari - serviceyears: 1935 -- 1956 - unit: 303 squadron 92 squadron - name: john alexander '' johnny '' kent - laterwork: sales manager - death place: north rhine-westphalia , germany - birth place: winnipeg , manitoba , canada - battles: second world war - allegiance: british empire - nickname: '' johnny '' '' kentski '' '' kentowski '' - image: johnny kent.jpg - rank: group captain Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john a. kent .
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group captain john alexander '' johnny '' kent dfc & bar , afc , virtuti militari , nicknamed '' kentski '' -lrb- sometimes given as '' kentowski '' -rrb- by his polish comrades , -lrb- 23 june 1914 -- 7 october 1985 -rrb- was a canadian fighter ace flying in the royal air force during the second world war .considered one of the best young squadron leaders of the war , he went on to a distinguished postwar career before entering the aviation industry .