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KELLY, Clarence Eugene - Date of
birth
23 October 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Pike County, Alabama -
Hometown
Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34357305 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
337th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
16 December 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea about 6 miles of Texel, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Clarence E. Kelly (father)
Fannie L. Kelly (mother)
Katie L. Kelly (sister)
Charles Kelly (Cousin)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30860 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: bombing of the port area
MACR: 1563
More information
S/Sgt Clarence E. Kelly was a bookkeeper.He enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 13 August 1942.
While under fighter attack, witnesses saw the aircraft explode and while going down, colliding with aircraft 42-3265. The entire crew was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Tim Kelly, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov,
www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Tim Kelly (great-nephew)