# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colin-kelly
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:08:12.052Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colin-kelly"
name: "Colin Kelly"
slug: "colin-kelly"
description: "Colin Purdie Kelly Jr. was an American B-17 Flying Fortress pilot who flew bombing runs against the Japanese navy in the days following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He is remembered as one of the first American heroes of World War II 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."
tagline: "United States Army officer (1915–1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colin_Kelly.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1915-07-11"
deathDate: "1941-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.5
  momentum:             2.476060191518468
  historical:           6.566165333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kelly"
    title: "Colin Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "كولن كيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "كولن كيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kelly"
    title: "Colin Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "کولین کلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kelly"
    title: "Colin Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "コリン・ケリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4392306"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump