Location
Dead Man's Copse. On Portsdown Hill, North of Portsmouth, near the junction of College Road and Portsdown Hill Road. The Copse is on the East side of College Road on the Crookhorn Golf Course. Permission to visit should be obtained from the club house which is located to the West of College Road and is well signed.
Description
400mm High x 350mm Wide x 500mm Deep.
Memorial
Inscription (Front)
IN
MEMORY OF
FLYING OFFICER
J.KELLY R.A.F.
KILLED IN ACTION
OVER NORMANDY
1944
MEMORY OF
FLYING OFFICER
J.KELLY R.A.F.
KILLED IN ACTION
OVER NORMANDY
1944
Further Information
On 4th July 1944 F/O Kelly of 602 Sqn took off for an evening patrol in Spitfire IX, ML252, and was
shot down over Normandy by Fw190. Claimed by both JG26 and JG54.
He is buried at Bannerville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados, France
See: http://www.portsdown-tunnels.org.uk/
(see under 'Surface Sites-Memorials-Dead Man's Copse')
