Charley Vernon Neely

Military
media-40496.jpeg UPL 40496 SSGT Charley Vernon Neely (with wife Helen)
Tail Gunner
Darrell Boucher Crew
453 BG - 735 BS

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Object Number - UPL 40496 - SSGT Charley Vernon Neely (with wife Helen) Tail Gunner Darrell Boucher Crew 453 BG - 735 BS

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Darrell Arthur Boucher

  • 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

42-110078

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shoo-Shoo Baby
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron

Places

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

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SO#142, HQ AAF Station 238, 26 May 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc

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