Kelly, Lloyd Franklin
Killed in Action 1942-07-27
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Son of Benjamin Franklin Kelly and Alma B Kelly, of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Home: Moncton, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
519 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Base
RAF Wick
Rank
Warrant Officer 2
Position
Warrant Officer 2
Service Numbers
R/73181
Target
Hamburg Germany
First Burial
Newark Upon Trent, Nottinghamshire, Uk
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comHampden Mk. I P5334
Bombing Hamburg Germany 1942-July-26 to 1942-July-27
408 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Balderton
408 Goose Squadron (For Freedom) RAF Balderton. Hampden I aircraft P 5334 EQ-Q was shot up by a German night fighter during an operation against targets in Hamburg, GermanyWarrant Officer 2nd Class LF Kelly (RCAF) was killed during the attack, the only crew casualty
Handley Page Hampden
Handley Page Hampden (Serial No. P5428), of No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in the torpedo-bomber training role between May 1942 and February 1944.
Handley Page developed a modern stressed-skin mid-wing monoplane, powered by Bristol Pegasus radial air cooled engines, with its first flight in 1936. It had the most advanced wings available at the time, giving it a remarkably low landing speed of 73 mph for an aircraft of its size, with a top speed of 265 mph. The Hampden had a short, narrow but tall main fuselage with a very slender tail unit. This configuration led to the nicknames "Flying Panhandle" and "Flying Suitcase". At the end of the war, no complete or partial Hampden aircraft were retained for museum display.
The Hampden served in the early stages of the war, bearing the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and in the first 1000-bomber raid on Cologne.In Canada, Hampdens were built by six companies that formed Associated Aircraft. There were three in Ontario and three in Quebec, hence they were identified as the Ontario Group and Quebec Group. They supplied all the the components to the two assembly plants. The Ontario Group's assembly plant was at the Malton Airport, while the Quebec group's assembly plant was at the St. Hubert Airport. Canadian Museum of Flight and Harold A Skaarup web page
Handley Page Hampden in Flight
Wikipedia Hampden Bomber 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Hampden - Kestrel PublicationsHampden P5334 Mk. I - Bombing Hamburg Germany - 1942-07-26 to 1942-07-27
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408 Goose Squadron (For Freedom) RAF Balderton. Hampden I aircraft P 5334 EQ-Q was shot up by a German night fighter during an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany
Warrant Officer 2nd Class LF Kelly (RCAF) was killed during the attack, the only crew casualty