Colin Kelly
United States Army officer
Died when: 26 years 152 days (316 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Colin Purdie Kelly Jr. (/'ko?l?n/ KOHL-in;July 11, 1915 – December 10, 1941) was a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress pilot who flew bombing runs against the Japanese navy in the first days after the Pearl Harbor attack.
He is remembered as one of the first American heroes of the war after ordering his crew to bail out while he remained at the bomber's controls trying to keep the plane in the air before it exploded, killing him.
His was the first American B-17 to be shot down in combat.
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