Alvin W. Kamp
Hometown when you
entered the Service:
Jackson, MO
Service Number: 17160734
Bomb Group: 40th
Squadron: 45th
Location of Unit
when assigned:
Pratt, KS
Missions Flown:
Hump Missions Flown: 2
Targets:  
 
Awards/Decorations:   5 Bronze Stars, Air Offensive Japan, Air Offensive China, Air Offensive Central Burma, Air Offensive India-Burma, Air Offensive Palembang, Sumatra
 
Service Schools attended:
 
Airplane Mechanics   Dec 1942
Airplane Engine Mechanics   Jun 1943
B-29 Armorer   Aug 1943
 
Military Specialty Earned/Assigned:  

MOS 684-Airplane Power Plant Mechanic
MOS 747-Airplane and Engine Mechanic

 
Military Rank Upon Discharge:   Sgt.
 
Crew Type:   Ground Crew
 
Aircraft Name and
Serial Number/s:
 
 
Were you a POW?:   No Where?:
 
Were you interned?:   No Where?:
 
Date transferred from the 58th Bomb Wing:  
 
Post-World war II Military Service:  
 
Post-World war II Civilian Occupation/s:   Machinist -- Jackson Hosiery Plant, Jackson, MO Machinist -- Lenco, Inc., Jackson, MO
 
Thoughts about service in the 58th Bomb Wing:  
 
Further Comments :  




Alvin Kamp, 2003