Harold C Kemper
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by ME109s and crashed near Detmold/Lippe, GR on a mission to Oschersleben on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39895 'Bermondsey Battler'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Technical Sergeant Harold C, Kemper was born May 4, 1919. His next of kin were his parents, Herbert and Alma Kemper. His hometown was Carrsville, Kentucky.
He was the Flight Engineer of “Bermondsay Battler,” B-17 tail #42-39895, of the 381st Bomb Group, 535th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Detmold, Germany, on February 22, 1944.
He is buried at the US Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bermondsay Battler
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Events
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Born |
Carrsville, Kentucky | 4 May 1919 | Technical Sergeant Harold C, Kemper was born May 4, 1919. His next of kin were his parents, Herbert and Alma Kemper. His hometown was Carrsville, Kentucky. |
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Died |
22 February 1944 | He was the Flight Engineer of “Bermondsay Battler,” B-17 tail #42-39895, of the 381st Bomb Group, 535th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Detmold, Germany, on February 22, 1944. | |
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Buried |
He is buried at the US Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium. |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 2935, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia