Photo: James Pasby

Sgt. Kemp was serving with 514 Squadron. He was a crew member of Lancaster II DS633 JI=B2 which took off from Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, on a mission to Duisburg. After about 4 hours the order was given to jettison their bomb load. All the crew were killed in a crash.

31 Lancaster aircraft took part in this one raid alone on the night of 21-22nd May, each containing 7 crew members, most of whom died, some were taken prisoner.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1944; W.R. Chorley; 1997; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 91 1

He is remembered in North Shields on N34.09

The CWGC entry for Air Gunner Gunner Kemp