Walter Theo Kelly Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 715BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Landing accident on 26-Nov-43 on route to Walton for modifications in B-24 42-7713 'The Merry Max'. A/C crashed at East Wretham airfield. RTD
Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel in B-24 42-7709 'Maid of Tin' 5-Jan-44; shot down, crashed into Baltic. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2515
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-681366
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oakdale, LA | 15 March 1923 | Son of Walter T. Sr and Effie L. Kelly. |
Died |
Baltic Sea | 5 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel in B-24 42-7709 'Maid of Tin' 5-Jan-44; shot down, crashed into Baltic. KIA MACR 2515 |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Seething | 5 January 1944 | Assigned to 715BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery | Memorialised Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2515 / MACR 2515, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 388 spelled as "Kelley", ABMC / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database