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Military service
Service number:
J/25349
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
100 Sqdn.
Death:
February 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 246.
Additional information
Son of Stanley Heber Franklin Kemp and Gertrude Maidment Kemp, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp
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Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial Entrance
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
The Toronto Star January 23, 1945, page 8 The account of the loss of this crew is taken from www.lostbombers.co.uk: Lancaster ND-593 which had just been delivered to 100 (RAF) Sqn, replaced the aircraft which had been badly damaged a few nights previously. The crew took off at 1830 from Grimsby but at 2111 they returned overhead the base due to the pilot being taken ill. The crew was advised to jettison part of the fuel, but at 2145 a radio message indicated that problems had arisen. Instructions were transmitted to fly 60 miles out to sea and jettison the bomb load. The Lancaster turned out to sea and disappeared without trace. F/O Kemp was the only Canadian on board. The 22-yr old pilot, F/S Francis Wadge, had shown quite remarkable fortitude and skill when he brought their Lancaster home from Stuttgart with almost six feet of the port wing torn away and with damage to both port engines. His immediate DFM was Gazetted 14Mar44 -
Photo of Harold Leon Kemp
Harold Leon Kemp in uniform. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Harold Leon Kemp
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Harold Leon Kemp
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Service book
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Correspondence
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Attestation paper
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Document
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Document
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Harold Leon Kemp
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 351 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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