In Memory Of
SHARP, GEORGE GUY
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
84036
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Unit:
9 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
1941-04-09
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Wellington T2473 took-off from RAF Honington at 20.00hrs for an operation on Berlin. Nothing further was heard from this aircraft after take off. The loss of this aircraft was claimed by Orbit. Fritz Gutezeit, Stab III./NJG. The International Red Cross reported later that all the crew had been killed. This was the only aircraft lost from the Squadron on this operation
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
14. F. 14.
Cemetery:
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Country:
Germany
Additional Information
Son of George W. and Edith Sharp; husband of Jeanette Claire Sharp. B.Sc. Eng. (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa). See more at: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/sharp-george.html#sthash.hJRcxAAS.dpuf
