Walter S Kelly
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 56178 - 2nd Lt Walter S. Kelly, 92BG.
Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Dresden in B-17 43-38735 'Flt Top' 14-Feb-45; crashed near Conderque Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12354
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34659042
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flat Top
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Repton, Alabama, USA | 19 October 1921 | Son of Joseph Earle and Katherine [Roberts] Kelly. |
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Died |
14 February 1945 | ||
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Podington | 14 February 1945 | Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Repton Methodist Church Cemetery Repton, Conecuh County, AL | Repton Methodist Church Cemetery Repton, Conecuh County, Alabama |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12354 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
