Maurice M Kelleher
MilitaryTG, Jones crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. On 24 July 1943, B-17 #42-3217 "Georgia Rebel" crashed in Vannacka, Sweden. Mission #11 to the chemical factories (Magnesium, Aluminum) at Heroya, Norway. MACR 132. Hit by flak, bombs dropped, #2 engine feathered and prop bent, hole in port wing near the fuel tanks with a fuel leak, #3 engine smoking and lost oil pressure. Interned. First US bomber interned in Sweden. Returned to England November 22, 1943.
Credited with one German fighter destroyed on 28 June 1943.
Ithaca, NY
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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: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31127728
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797117
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37272791
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37348624
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20402885 / O-401997
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Georgia Rebel
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 July 1943
- Date: 28 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Geneva, NY | 11 August 1911 | |
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Enlisted Interned (INT) |
Syracuse, NY, USA | 8 August 1942 - 24 July 1943 | |
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Other Internee |
Sweden | 24 July 1943 - 22 November 1943 | |
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Died |
Ithaca, NY, USA | 20 December 1971 | |
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Buried |
Cavalry Cemetery Ithaca, NY |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 132 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database