Leslie A Kemp Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURPilot, 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12137738
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ron Chee
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
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
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
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#