David Lyman Ceely
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 30976
SSGT David L. Ceely
Tail Gunner
Kenneth Eccleston Crew
KIA 20 December 1943
Tail Gunner
Kenneth Eccleston Crew
KIA 20 December 1943
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #4231084. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ 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: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794648
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Newark, NJ, USA | 3 October 1942 | |
Other 388th BG Combat Tour |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 17 July 1943 - 20 December 1943 | |
Died |
Bremen-Vegesack, Bremen, Germany | 20 December 1943 | Shot down by intense flak over target. The plane was last seen going down on fire, with it's bomb bay doors still open. Ceely was KIA |
Born |
Queens, NY, USA | ||
Buried |
Tablets of The Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial • Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
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Sources
ABMC; MACR 3154 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3154 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database