Kemp, Billy Dee – ww2 Europe

Rank and Name, Flight Officer Billy Dee Kemp.

Unit/Placed in, 597th Bomber Squadron, 397th Bomber Group (Medium).

Billy was born on 27 June 1924 in Clinton, Arkansas.

Father, Fred Kemp.

Mother, Minnie Ann (Williams) Kemp.

Sister(s), Ray and Mary F. Kemp.

Brother(s), Dale W. and Robert Lee Kemp.

Billy enlisted the service at Arkansas with serial number T-129084.

Billy D. Kemp was a Gunner on a B-26, in the 597th Bomber Squadron.

Billy‘s Crew-members on-board the plane a B-26 were,

1^st Lt. Thaddeus J Karasinski Pilot

Billy D Kemp Co-Pilot

SSgt. Donald H Leupold Gunner

Billy was KIA at the crash near the town off Villers, Carbonnel, France on Feb. 14, 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Aviator Badge, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Billy is buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France

Thanks to Wikipedia

http://www.americanairmuseum.com/unit/1273

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian