James Lloyd Kelsey
MilitaryAssigned to 840BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Member of Ken Weston crew. Missing in Action Budapest 30-Jul-44; downed by flak, crashed Budapest; POW MACR 7107.
Awards: AM, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-751221
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Marion, Illinois | 25 July 1923 | Born Marion, Illinois |
Enlisted |
Peoria, Illinois | 9 December 1942 | Enlisted Peoria, Illinois |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland | 30 July 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft IV |
Died |
Pickens, South Carolina | 16 July 2007 | Died Pickens, South Carolina |
Buried |
Hillcrest Memorial Park Pickens, South Carolina | 19 July 2007 | Interred Hillcrest Memorial Park Pickens, South Carolina |