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Sharman, John Edward DSC and bar (Flight Commander)

Killed in Action 1917-July-22

Canada

Birth Date: unkown date (age 24)

Born: Oak Lake, Manitoba

Thomas H. & Frances A. Sharman

unmarried

Home: Oak Lake, Manitoba

Enlistment Date: 1916-03-03

Decorations: DSC and bar, CDGFP

Croix de Guerre France

Service
RNAS

Unit
10 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RNAS)

Rank

Position
pilot

Service Numbers

Sharman received ReAC cert # 3216 at RNAS, Redcar on 1916-07-15. He scored his first victory on 1917-02-25 while flying a Sopwith 1½ Strutter at 3W. Sharman was reassigned to 10 (N) Sqn on 1917-05-01, and joined Raymond Collishaw's "Black Flight." Flying the Sopwith Triplane known as "Black Death," he scored seven more victories before he was killed in action in summer 1917.

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Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery
Plot IV Row G Grave 22

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