Howard W Kelly

Military

On 16-February-1943 in B-17F 42-5175 while serving as Co-Pilot the aircraft was damaged by flak and 2 engines were hit on the bomb run over St. Nazaire, France. Fighters then attacked and Lt Downing gave orders to bale out. He baled out near Lannion, France and managed to evade capture returning to England on 24-Apr-43.







Howard retired from the AF 30 September 1964. Took a flying job with Air America March 1965. Flew as Captain in Los, Thailand, and Vietnam. He was killed in an air crash.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Evaded

Lannion, France 16 February 1943 - 24 April 1943 He baled out of the stricken aircraft near Lannion, France and managed to evade capture returning to England on 24-Apr-43. The evasion is documented on Escape & Evasion Report #30 which may be viewed at: http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-30.pdf;

Died

16 January 1969

Born

Gasper, Kentucky

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 21-Feb-2015. Added SN per MACR 15471; Added Evaded event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) E&E Report # 30: http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-30.pdf; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition, MACR 15471, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 78 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15471 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database