Supermarine Spitfire aircraft (#AR242), piloted by Warrant Officer Class I Kelly, was reportedly last seen crashing into the sea through low cloud 1.2 mile east of Tolliston, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Military Service-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class I
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/82270
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #8 Coastal Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
A junior reporter by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 16 Dec 1940 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Mary Gertrude (née Martin) Kelly of Ottawa and son of the late John Kelly; his brother, RCAF Leading Aircraftman Richard Martin KELLY, also served and fell.
Warrant Officer Class I John Lomer Kelly is commemorated on Page 176 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Military Service-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class I
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/82270
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #8 Coastal Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
A junior reporter by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 16 Dec 1940 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Mary Gertrude (née Martin) Kelly of Ottawa and son of the late John Kelly; his brother, RCAF Leading Aircraftman Richard Martin KELLY, also served and fell.
Warrant Officer Class I John Lomer Kelly is commemorated on Page 176 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Supermarine Spitfire aircraft (#AR242), piloted by Warrant Officer Class I Kelly, was reportedly last seen crashing into the sea through low cloud 1.2 mile east of Tolliston, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Military Service-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class I
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/82270
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #8 Coastal Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
A junior reporter by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 16 Dec 1940 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Mary Gertrude (née Martin) Kelly of Ottawa and son of the late John Kelly; his brother, RCAF Leading Aircraftman Richard Martin KELLY, also served and fell.
Warrant Officer Class I John Lomer Kelly is commemorated on Page 176 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Military Service-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class I
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/82270
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #8 Coastal Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
A junior reporter by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 16 Dec 1940 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Mary Gertrude (née Martin) Kelly of Ottawa and son of the late John Kelly; his brother, RCAF Leading Aircraftman Richard Martin KELLY, also served and fell.
Warrant Officer Class I John Lomer Kelly is commemorated on Page 176 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
1943
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
WARRANT OFFICER I
KELLY J. L.
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