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Lawrence Bertrand Kelly
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
80 FTR BOMB SQ 8 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
December 16, 1951
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First Lieutenant Kelly was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 80th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On December 16, 1951, while on a combat mission in the Kunu-ri North Korea area, as his aircraft was making a bomb run it received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burst into flames. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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