George Humphrey Kelly

Military

Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying aboard B-24 41-23722 'Bomerang'. Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 42-63982 'Jack Frost'; Hit by flak, spun down and exploded. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2190



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Luther Smith Bird

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14062779 / O-668185
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Roy Grady Martin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-23722

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Bomerang
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

42-63982

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jack Frost
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Indiana, USA 24 May 1913 NoK Sister - Glencoe, Illinois, USA

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 18 May 1942 Chicago, Illinois

Other

Baled out POW

Quakenbruck, Germany 22 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 42-63982 'Jack Frost'; Hit by flak, spun down and exploded. POW MACR 2190

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 22 December 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb.

Died

Evanston, IL 24 March 1993

Buried

Saint John Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery Hammond, Lake County, IN 27 March 1993 Saint John Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery Hammond, Lake County, IN

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Hardwick 22 December 1943 Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156894918/george-h-kelly

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2190 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database