DAMBUSTERS Kelly, Philip

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Kelly ​

• FORENAME

Philip ​

• UNIT

former 617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Squadron Leader ​

• NUMBER

130515 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st November 1944 ​

• AGE

34 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 13.E.1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of John Thomas and Kate Elizabeth Kelly,Long Eaton,Derbyshire​

49 Squadron​

A/F/Lt​

award DFC (13.8.1943)​

617 Squadron 12.11.1943​

Flying Officer​

award bar to DFC (9.6.1944)​

49 Squadron​

navigator​

Lancaster PB300​

Gravenhorst,Germany (Mittelland Kanal)​

crashed Germany​

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