

William Kelly
Updated:
09 JAN 2022
Airman: a021008.htm Surname: Kelly Init: W
Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 103
P_link: p313.htm
Plane: LAN LL963 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Off
Avernakø
Crash_d: d160544 Buried_d: b190644
C_link: c021.htm At_Next: Faaborg
Under
en mineudlægningsoperation til Kiel Bugt natten til den 16. maj 1944 blev
LAN LL963 ramt
af
flak og styrtede i havet ved Avernakø. Hele besætningen omkom. Se
om styrtet.
p313MACR
Se
propel som monument og tak til
flyverne. Se
meget mere ved flyverne begravet på Avernakø
og
Drejø.
Besøg 2016. Se
Foto 194? fra
Veronica Hanson.
Veronicas onkel Sgt
Douglas Frank Pegrum
fra
LAN LL963
blev aldrig fundet.
Flight Sergeant (Navigator) William Kelly,
22 år, var søn af Daniel og Helen Kelly, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
(Kilde: CWGC)
LAN LL963 styrtede ned
her. W. Kelly drev i land ved Nab (omkring
her) den 18. juni 1944 og blev
begravet den følgende dag. (Kilde: FAF)
1 flyver begravet på Avernakø, 1 på Drejø, 1 i
Faaborg, 1 i Aastrup og 3 har ingen kendt grav.
Se
Google Map p313 Lancaster LL963. Se
Minelægningsområder og
Lancaster fotos. 7 flyvere.
On its way to a mine laying operation in
Kiel Bay on the
night before 16 May, 1944, LAN LL963
was hit by flak and crashed into the sea
at Avernakø. All of
the crew perished. See about the crash.
See propeller as monument and
thanks to the airmen. See much more at the airmen buried on
Avernakø and Drejø. See
Photo 194?
from
Veronica Hanson.
Veronica's uncle Sgt Douglas Frank Pegrum of
LAN LL963 was never found.
Flight Sergeant (Navigator) William Kelly,
22, was the son of Daniel and Helen Kelly, of Glasgow,
United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC) Requiescat in pace
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, P 58.
LAN LL963 crashed
here. W. Kelly drifted ashore at Nab (about
here) on 18 June, 1944, and was
buried
next day. (Source: FAF)
See
Google Map p313 Lancaster LL963 and
Memorial Sail with MHV
817 - 13 MAY 2017.
MHV 817 Partisan.
Visit 2016
* Monument 2021.
See
No. 103 Squadron
RAF-Wikipedia*103 Squadron Group
Photo* RAF Elsham
Wolds Association*Minelaying areas*Lancaster Photos*103
Squadron RAF History.
Lancaster I LL963 PM-D took off from
RAF Elsham Wolds at
22:13 hrs on 15 MAY 1944. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.) p313MACR See photos from Elsham Wolds August 2018 by
Elisabeth Olsen. 7 airmen.
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