KELLY Donald Herbert

  • First Name(s):
    Donald 
    Herbert 
  • Surname:
    KELLY
  • Service Number:
    R113903
  • Rank:

    Flight Sergeant/Bomb Aimer

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    2nd June 1943
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Evesham Cemetery, Worcestershire, England, Grave 1380.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Herbert Joseph and Stella Marie Kelly

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

KELLY Donald Herbert Is Named On These Memorials

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Royal Canadian Air Force

Further Information About KELLY Donald Herbert

Donald Kelly enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on the 4th August 1941. On his attestation form he gave his date of birth as 31st May 1923, his place of birth as Grand Falls, New Brunswick, his permanent address as Chatham, New Brunswick, his religion as Roman Catholic and his occupation as a Student. He gave his next of kin as his mother, Stella Kelly nee Kavanagh, born Grand Falls, New Brunswick, resident Chatham, New Brunswick. His father, Herbert Kelly was recorded as Deceased.

Donald Kelly is recorded as ‘Killed 2nd June 1943 as the result of a flying accident’ aged 20 years and 2 days.

The inscription on the war memorial reads:
AT THIS LOCATION ON THE 2ND JUNE 1943, 14.15 HRS
A.W. WHITLEY Z6639, OF No 24 O.T.U.
R.A.F. HONEYBOURNE, WORCS
CRASHED WHILE ON OPERATIONAL TRAINING

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