Phillip Giles Kemp
Military
Back L-R: 2nd Lt. James Linzer (N), 2nd Lt. Philip Kemp (OBS/TG), 1st Lt. Marshall Wortman (CP), 1st Lt. George Marquardt (B), 2nd Lt. Robert Koch (P).
Front L-R: TSgt. Jesse McCoy (TT), SSgt. Frank Jaworski (BT), TSgt. Normand Vicknair (RO), SSgt. John Gardiner (FG).
Object Number - UPL 66808 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/21 July 1944, Ludwigshaven (Industrial). Back L-R: 2nd Lt. James Linzer (N), 2nd Lt. Philip Kemp (OBS/TG), 1st Lt....
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Phill Bennett crew. 30 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-803757
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wabbit Twacks : Homesick Sal
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lilly Belle
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Akron, OH | 2 January 1924 | Son of Thomas H and Amelia Kemp. |
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Enlisted |
Akron, OH | 12 April 1943 | Akron, Ohio |
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Other Specialist training |
Deming AAF, Albuquerque, NM | 19 June 1943 | Graduated from Bombardier School at Deming AAF, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Class 43-09. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
30 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Akron, OH | 5 November 1974 | |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
