John Kelly
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Remo Guido Budassi
Military
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S/Sgt Remo Guido Budassi, tail gunner, 384BG.
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. John Kelly crew.
Awards: PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
384th Bomb Group
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by... -
547th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-38013 "NEVADA AVENGER"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; New Castle 10/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-C] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; sal battle damaged 27/4/44. NEVADA AVENGER. ... -
42-97263 "LADY MARGARET"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Dalhart 2/3/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-D] Grafton Underwood 15/4/44; crashed on take off with John Whiteside 10/1/45, Salvaged.
Associated Place
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Grafton Underwood
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | 9 January 1921 | |
| Enlisted | Camden, NJ | 11 September 1942 |
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Camden, New Jersey |
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| Based | Grafton Underwood | 1944 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Hospitalised | October 1944 – May 1945 | |
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Hospitalised Oct-44 to May-45. Discharged May-45. |
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| Died | Bordentown, NJ | 1 November 2002 |
| Buried | Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ | 4 November 2002 |
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Riverview Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 July 2020 18:40:56 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/83596949-remo-g-budassi |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:22:18 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=b... |
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