"United States of America" . . "Kelly, Colin"@en . "United States Army officer" . . "1941Z"^^ . . "Colin Kelly"@en . "1937Z"^^ . . . "1915Z"^^ . . . "1941Z"^^ . . "1915-07-11Z"^^ . "1941-12-10Z"^^ . . "Colin Purdie Kelly, Jr. (/\u02C8ko\u028Al\u0268n/; July 11, 1915 \u2013 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 for sacrificing his own life to save his crew when his plane became the first American B-17 to be shot down in combat."@en . . .