Kenneth T. Omley was born on January 29, 1920. He was a Major in the military during World War II. Major Omley was a passenger on a Boeing B17 Flying Fortress. The bomber was bound for Langford Lodge, Co. Antrim en route from RAF Stansted, London via Burtonwood, Lancashire. The crew lost their bearings in bad weather including sleet and snow showers. Pilot 1st Lieutenant George C Johnson descended below the cloud base to find the plane surrounded by high ground. While climbing again to 1,300 feet, the wing clipped the edge of a quarry on Clee Hill, near Ludlow, Shropshire. The plane spun out of control before impacting on the hillside. After the crash, rescuers took the bodies to an American Hospital at Leominster, Herefordshire.

Major Omley was buried first in the Lisnabreeny Former American Military Cemetery in England. The cemetery closed in 1948 and his remains were exhumed and transferred. He is buried now in the Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA.

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