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Personal info

Full name
KEMPER, Harold Clement
Date of birth
4 May 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Livingston, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Hometown
Carrsville, Livingston County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35495091
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Engineer
Unit
535th Bombardment Squadron,
381st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1944
Place of death
3 km northwest of Hiddesen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 38 18

Immediate family

Members
Herbert Kemper (father)
Alma (Mhan) Kemper (mother)
Walter Kemper (brother)
James Kemper (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-39895
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Bermondsey Battler
Destination: Aschersleben, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the aircraft factory
MACR: 2935

More information

T/Sgt Harold C. Kemper worked on a farm before he enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 25 September 1942.

The airplane was hit by fire of enemy aricraft during the first attack. The #2 and #3 engine caught fire and there was probably a small fire in the nose. The pilot put the airplane in what looked to be a controlled slip to the left and dove down, probably in an effort to put out the fires..

The entire crew of ten men was killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Hiddesen.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, http://www.americanairmuseum.com, www,ancestry.com - United States World War II Army Enlistment Records / Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes / 1920 census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten