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FSGT Stanley John Kelly 421735

St. Catherines, Corsica, France. July 1944. Informal portrait of 421735 Flight Sergeant S. J. Kelly of Cabramatta, NSW, a member of No. 451 Squadron RAAF operating from a base in Corsica. Note the Supermarine Spitfire aircraft in the background.
Squadron/s451 SQN
Rank On Discharge/Death Flight Sergeant (FSGT)
NicknameNed
Mustering / SpecialisationPilot
Date of Birth27 Nov 1922
Contributing Author/sCompiled by Vince Conant
2016
The Spitfire Association

Date of birth - 27 Nov 1922
Place of birth – ST. PETERS NSW
Place of enlistment - SYDNEY
Next of Kin - KELLY AVIS



Back Row: F/O David A. Cooper, W/O Norman W. Stewart, W/O Sidney A. (Sid) Handsaker, W/O Colin R. (Bob) Green, W/O C. Allen Hulls. Middle Row: F/O Stanley J. (Ned) Kelly, F/O Edward R. (Ted) Newberry, F/O Ronald Watkins, W/O Gordon L. (Hap) Richards, F/O Jack F. Vintner, W/O Harold H. (Hop) Hopper, F/O Wilfred R. (Bob) Fields, W/O John F. McDonald, F/Lt Colin R. Pym. Front Row: W/O Frederick N. Ebert, F/O John R. (Jack) Evans, S/Ld Colin W. Robertson, (451 SQDN), Squadron Emblem, F/Lt David L. Fisher, F/O C. Ralph Hill, F/O Arthur T. Roe, Not Present: F/Lt Rodney Earl, F/O V. Bruce Robertson, F/O Herbert E. (Ted) Holton, F/O Joseph A. Barrington, F/O Bruce Fuller

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451 SQN

No. 451 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force was raised at Bankstown, on the outskirts of Sydney, on 12 February 1941. Formed under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme,...

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