Leslie A Kemp Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Pilot, Kemp crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 8-Oct-43 in B-17 42-3123 'Ron Chee'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1396.





Awards: AM, PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Raymond V Duffy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12137738
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Gillos Edward Gentry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17031973
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William Olge Heim

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-678256
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Arthur P Jennette

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14034482
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

Thomas B Nelson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-670213
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

Engineers work to complete the runway, in time for the first B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3123) nicknamed "Ron Chee" of the 381st Bomb Group to touch down. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Reviewed and passed 21 May 1943.' [stamp] and '265190.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Photo Shows:- American Engineers completeing the last piece of the aerodrome - as the first "Flying Fortress" bomber arrives on the new field. AND, 21 May 1943. PN-s.' Handwritten caption on reve

42-3123

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ron Chee
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Manchester, NH, USA 7 April 1942

Died

Bremen, Germany 8 October 1943 Shot down 8-Oct-43 in B-17 42-3123 'Ron Chee'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1396.

Buried

Bremen, Germany 9 October 1943 Interred Bremen cemetery

Born

Langdon, New Hampshire
Sullivan County, NH, USA

Buried

Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/record/83377039-leslie-a-kemp-jr
https://www.fold3.com/image/28699385
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48769033/leslie-a-kemp

Date
ContributorARowe95
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ARowe95

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1396 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.381st.org/Portals/1/Gallery/Album/20/Kemp-Crew.jpg#