A marker listing him and most of the crew was placed at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section 82 Site 202, 2900 Sheridan Road, St. Louis, Mo.
(Image at top, and much information, courtesy of Tony Strotman.)
George Kelly, S/Sgt., from Aurora, Illinois, engineer-gunner on the B-25, lost in China on 8 May 1943.
This B-25 was one of ten B-25 bombers of the 341st Bomb Group, 11th Bomb Squadron, targeting the Tien Hoa Airport, Canton, that day. While the formation was approaching the target the plane piloted by Capt Douglas Weaver exploded just as bomb bay doors were opening.
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George Kelly, S/Sgt., from Aurora, Illinois, engineer-gunner on the B-25, lost in China on 8 May 1943.
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