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SSGT Guy Elwood Shelley Jr.

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SSGT Guy Elwood Shelley Jr.

Birth
Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Death
Apr 1943 (aged 26)
Libya
Burial
Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot
Block J Mausoleum
Memorial ID
41716881 View Source
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SSgt. Guy E. Shelley Jr., 26, of New Cumberland, PA. SSgt Shelley and eight other airmen were lost in April of 1943 when their B-24D Liberator, named ‘Lady Be Good', went down about 400 miles south of the Mediterranean in the Libyan Desert. It wasn't until February 1959 that the ‘Lady Be Good' and some of her crew were found. The search continued through 1960 when all but one of the bodies were recovered.

SSgt. Guy E. Shelley Jr., 26, of New Cumberland, PA. SSgt Shelley and eight other airmen were lost in April of 1943 when their B-24D Liberator, named ‘Lady Be Good', went down about 400 miles south of the Mediterranean in the Libyan Desert. It wasn't until February 1959 that the ‘Lady Be Good' and some of her crew were found. The search continued through 1960 when all but one of the bodies were recovered.

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  • Created by: GettysBern
  • Added: 8 Sep 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 41716881
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41716881/guy-elwood-shelley: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Guy Elwood Shelley Jr. (20 Jul 1916–Apr 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41716881, citing Rolling Green Memorial Park, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by GettysBern (contributor 1478862).