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N McI KEMP — Fleet Air Arm

1941-01-10 · Mediterranean · United Kingdom

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Name: N McI KEMP
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1941-01-10
Aircraft: Swordfish
Place of death: Mediterranean
Circumstances: DO.W.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 6
Family details: Son of Sir Norman Wright Kemp Kt and Lady Kemp; husband of Diana Kemp (nee Moyle) of Stalbridge, Dorset. RUSI Gold Medallist 1931 and 1937, Admiralty Silver Medal for Naval History 1933

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