Sharp, Edward
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Edward |
Surname | Sharp |
Gender | M |
Age | 39 |
Date of Death | 04-12-1944 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PB765 |
Markings | EM-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Choloy War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. J. 7. |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | 0244 (Block 3, Column 19, Row 4) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 95 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 2210322 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 207 |
Squadron Motto | Semper paratus (Always prepared) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Bottesford during WW2 |
Location | X, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed group of Memorial Stones with adjacent info board |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Spilsby and of 10 Sqn Armourers killed in an accident on 10th April 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Spilsby during WW2 |
Location | Stn Church, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Waddington between 1 November 1940 and 18th November 1941 |
Location | Harby Rd, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Langar during WW2 |
Location | St. Andrew's Church, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaque & Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and a memorial to the personnel of 207 Sqn RAF who were killed flying from RAF Langar during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Ted Sharp had previously served in the RAF with Service Number 358275 and re-enlisted after October 1942 when he would have been around 37 years old. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1236/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1236/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-12-1944 |
End Date | 05-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Spilsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (74% moon) |
Operation | Heilbronn |
Reason for Loss | Shot down on the return leg by a night-fighter of Stab I./NJG11 flown by Hptm. Friedrick Karl Müller, near Holtzwihr. |