Charley Vernon Neely
Military
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UPL 40496
SSGT Charley Vernon Neely (with wife Helen)
Tail Gunner
Darrell Boucher Crew
453 BG - 735 BS
Tail Gunner
Darrell Boucher Crew
453 BG - 735 BS
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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: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-816778
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shoo-Shoo Baby
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Troup County, Georgia | 16 October 1921 | |
Based |
Cluntoe | 26 May 1944 | Assigned with crew to the 2nd CCT&RS for theatre combat crew training prior to being assigned to the 453rd BG |
Died |
Clovis, New Mexico | 7 August 2004 | MSgt C.V. Neely flew 35 missions over Europe as a tail gunner in B-24s. After WWII, he flew B-29s. In the late 50's he transitioned as a boom operator flying KC-97s. He helped test the KB-50, He transitioned to KC-135s in the early 60's as a member of the USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) under General Curtis LeMay, He re-enlisted at 40,000 feet, flew over the North Pole, served during what we call the Cold War, served a full tour in Viet Nam before retiring in 1969. |
Buried |
Lubbock, Texas | 11 August 2004 | Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA |
Based |
Old Buckenham | 453 BG 735 BS |
Revisions
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Sources
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=346845…
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7545&h=4349908…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11738140
SO#142, HQ AAF Station 238, 26 May 1944
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc