Albert Outz Kemp

Graduating Class
1945

Major
Engineering

Hometown
Trenton, SC

Service & Rank
Army Air Force, Sergeant

Unit
563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy (B-17)

Awards/Citations
Purple Heart

Date of Birth
Jul 26, 1924

Date of Death
Nov 25, 1944

Details of Death
Killed in Action over Germany

Burial Details
Luxembourg American Military Cemetery, Plot H, Row 10, Grave 157

Barrow Stone Location
NW

Additional Information

MARC #: 11206; Aircraft Model: B-17G S/N#: 44-6472

Organization: Location: European Theater of Operations,

AAF/ AF: 8^th Air Force; Group: 388^th; Squadron: 563rd

Place of departure: Station 136

Target or Intended Destination: Station 136

Type of Mission: Combat

Date: 25 Nov 1944 Time: 1404

Location of Crash: Arenrath, Germany

Number of Person Aboard Aircraft- Crew: 9 Passengers:0 Total: 9

List of Crew (crew positions, name, rank, status)

2^nd Lt. William, Wilson Alexander (pilot)

2^nd Lt. Pollard, Frank Henry (co-pilot)

F/O Bullard, Fred Henry (navigator)

Sgt. Kantor, George (nose gun)

Sgt. MacLeod, Norman John (radio operator)

Sgt. Karderhorn, Charles (eng ttg)

Sgt. Kemp, Albert Outz (ball turret gunner)

Sgt. Histed, Stanley Edward (waist gunner)

Sgt. Klumpp, John Williams (tail guner)

Narrative or eye witness statements

Sgt. Kemp’s aircraft is believed to have hit its target. As the formation made its way back, the Command Pilot gave to order for all aircrafts to return individually instead of in formation because they were all low on fuel. The B-17G was shot down by German artillery fire over Arenrath, Germany. Sgt. Kemp was unable to bail out and died in the crash.

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Grave Marker at Luxembourg AMC