Livermore airman’s remains accounted for from World War II

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A photo of U.S. Air Force bombardier and Livermore native Thomas V. Kelly Jr., who died during an aircraft explosion during WWII. (Photo courtesy of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)

The body of a Livermore native and U.S. Army bombardier who died during World War II was recently accounted for after his remains, along with the others killed in the same aircraft explosion, were originally designated as non-recoverable, federal officials announced Friday.

U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr. was a Livermore resident who died in 1944 at the age of 21, according to a press release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). Kelly was assigned to the 320th Bombardment Squadron, 90th Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force before he was deployed to what is present day Papua New Guinea.

According to the DPAA, Kelly left Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944 in a heavy bomber aircraft — which was named “Heaven Can Wait” — along with the rest of his crew as part of a “bombing mission against enemy positions at … located along the northern coast of New Guinea.”…

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