Francis W Kemp

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-49616.jpeg UPL 49616 Francis Walter Kemp

National Archives

Object Number - UPL 49616

42-94885 (849th BS, 490th BG, 8th AF) crash landed on Chesil Beach, Dorset after running out of fuel while returning from a mission over France June 6, 1944. MACR 6299.

7 crew bailed out over the water, 2 drowned, 5 were rescued. 3 stayed with the aircraft

and survived the crash. Aircraft was destroyed.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-94885

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Maxwell House
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

6 June 1944 Drowned

Born

Guttenberg, New Jersey

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6299

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