Clinton K Kemper

Military
media-43022.jpeg UPL 43022 Richard H. Read Crew
95th BG
Shot down on 6 March 1944

Standing Left to Right: Joseph A.G. Levasseur (BTG). William A. Parry (FE), Henry R. Doudican (TG), Ralph C. Brinson (WG), Harold R. Goodwin (R/O)

Kneeling Left to Right: Richard H. Read (P), Clinton K. Kemper (CP), Samuel Blum (N), Joseph M. Gosselin (B)

Not in photo: Earl V. Moye (WG) 466th Bomb Group collection

Marc Ferrero

Object Number - UPL 43022 - Richard H. Read Crew 95th BG Shot down on 6 March 1944 Standing Left to Right: Joseph A.G. Levasseur (BTG). William A. Parry (FE), Henry R....

Shot down by fighters near Quakenbruck on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-39793. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804505
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Owen County, KY 22 April 1920

Enlisted

Fort Thomas, KY 5 March 1942

Other

POW

Barth, Germany 15 March 1944 Stalag Luft I

Died

New Liberty, KY 17 December 2012 Mr. Clinton K. "Bubby" Kemper, Jr., age 92, of New Liberty, passed away Monday, December 17, 2012, at the New Horizons Medical Center. Born April 22, 1920, in Owen County, he was the son of the late Clinton and Lula Lucas Kemper. Mr. Kemper was a farmer, a member of the New Liberty Baptist Church and served his country during WWII in the United States Army Air Corps. During his time in the service he was also a prisoner of war for 18 months. Surviving is his wife, Marie Sparrow Kemper; his son, Don Kemper and his sister, Verna Payne. McDonald & New Funeral Homes are in charge of arrangements. Family will receive friends at the Main Street location on Thursday, December 20, 2012 from Noon until 2pm. Funeral services will be held at 2pm with Bro. Dwight Parker officiating. Burial will be in the Owenton Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Bluegrass.

Buried

Owenton, KY 20 December 2012 Owenton IOOF Cemetery Owenton, Owen County, Kentucky, USA

Other

Shot Down/Captured

Goldenstedter Heide, Germany 6 March 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Added an association to Stalag Luft I.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2985 / MACR 2985, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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