Richard Love Kellum
Military ROLL OF HONOURFar right S/Sgt Darrell E Longley top turret gunner
Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Martyniak Crew. On mission to Kerlin-Bastard, France 8-Jun-44 in B-17 42-97238; Ditched in channel 30 miles W of Jersey due to flak damage, rescued by ASR. Returned to Duty (RTD) .
Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, 12 miles SW of Tours, France; MACR 6534
Awards: PH.
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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 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35589038
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11018677 / O-754288
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11070166 / O-814558
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Williamsburg, Ohio, USA | 7 June 1921 | Son of Charles L and Katherine [Jordan] Kellum. |
Enlisted |
Lexington, KY | 7 July 1942 | Lexington, Kentucky |
Other Ditched channel RTD |
30 miles W of Jersey | 8 June 1944 | Mission to Kerlin-Bastard, France 8-Jun-44 in B-17 42-97238; Ditched in channel 30 miles W of Jersey due to flak damage, rescued by ASR. RTD |
Died |
Valleres-le-Hay | 24 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, 12 miles SW of Tours, France; MACR 6534 |
Buried |
Valleres-le-Hay | 25 June 1944 | Interred Valleres-le-Hay |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Ridgewell | 24 June 1944 | Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Williamsburg Cemetery Williamsburg, Clermont County, OH | Re-Interred Williamsburg Cemetery Williamsburg, Clermont County, OH |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, MACR 6534 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6534 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database