Barnsdale, Frank Sharpe
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Frank Sharpe |
Surname | Barnsdale |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Frederick and Susan Crown Barnsdale, of Donington, Lincolnshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL830 |
Markings | UL-R2 |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambrai (Route De Solesmes) Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row A. Grave 10. |
Epitaph | TIMES CHANGE BUT ONE THING CHANGETH NEVER, THE MEMORY OF HAPPY DAYS TOGETHER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 6 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 155493 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 576 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memo and Propeller Sculpture |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at R.A.F. Elsham Words 1941 - 1945 |
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Airmen of 576 Sqn who gave their lives in 1939 - 45 War |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2047/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2047/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-04-1944 |
End Date | 11-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Aulnoye |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Elsham Wolds tasked to attack railway targets at Aulnoye. Believed to have been shot down by night fighter Hptm Helmut Bergmann of 8./NJG4 6km from Solesmes at 0230 hrs |