TY  - ADVS
TI  - Colin P. Kelly
KW  - Americans
KW  - 10 december 1898
KW  - 1940
KW  - distinguished service cross
KW  - edmonds
KW  - outbreak of world war ll in the pacific
N1  - An American commander od the B-17C bomber which reportedly destroyed the Japanese warship Haruna on December 10, 1941, off the Babuyan channel.  Actually, the Haruna did not receive any direct hits.  On his way to Clark Field(Pampanga), his plane was attacked by Japanese fighter planes and he died when his parachute failed to open.  His body was found near the wreckage of the plane along a little country road some 3 miles west of Mt. Arayat.  The hero of the 14th squadron was given a  posthumous D.S.C.(Distinguised Service Cross) award on December 21, 1941
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