In Memory Of
SHARPE, JAMES EDWARD
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1921-08-17
Service No:
205943V
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
601 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-07-08
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Spitfire IX MH622, shot down by Flak while strafing Rimini airfield, baled out over sea
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 17, Column 1.
Cemetery:
MALTA MEMORIAL
Country:
Malta
Additional Information
Son of John and Jessie Hyslop Sharpe, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Sea Point. A scholar. On Worcester War Memorial, Western Cape
