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KELLY, Bernard Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 415430 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 2 March 1921 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 25 June 1944, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bussus-Bussuel Communal Cemetery Row 1, Coll Grave 1 Headstone Inscription "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE", Bussus-Bussuel Communal Cemetery, Bussus-Bussuel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 415430 | |
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| 12 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 415430 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Edward Joseph and Bridget KELLY, of Perth, Western Australia.
Warrant Officer Kelly was killed on the night of 24/25 June 1944 when his Lancaster bomber, serial number LM571, radio call-sign JO-E (E-Easy) failed to return from an operational sortie over Prouville, France. After the war it was determined that JO-E was hit by flack bursts over the target, and was later attacked by a German night-fighter, crashing at Busses-Bussuel (Somme). Six of the seven crew were killed.