Mission: Patrol, Normandy, France.
Date: 4th July 1944
Unit: No.602 Squadron.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire IX
Serial No: ML252
Location: Normandy area, France.
Pilot: Flying Officer James William Kelly R.A.F.V.R. 169438 Age 21 - Killed.
Date: 4th July 1944
Unit: No.602 Squadron.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire IX
Serial No: ML252
Location: Normandy area, France.
Pilot: Flying Officer James William Kelly R.A.F.V.R. 169438 Age 21 - Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft failed to return from patrol in the Normandy area - believed shot down by both JG26 and JG54.
A german sentry stands by the wreck of Jame's Spitfire, his original burial plot next to his aircraft. (Bundesarchiv)
Memorial dedicated to James Kelly located in Deadmans Copse, Portsdown Hill, near Portsmouth, Hants. (Tame)
Burial detail: Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Grave: XVII. A. 11.
Son of Ronald & Eva May Kelly, of Purbrook, Hampshire.
Researched by Melvin Brownless & Kate Tame A. R. Society, with thanks also to David King and the Bundesarchiv (Updated February 2014).