Sharp, Andrew (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-November-08

Flying Officer Andrew Sharp RCAF

Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Parents: Son of Fred and Jane Sharp.

Spouse:

Home: Biggar, SK

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity

Base

RAF Lissett

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/37536
Prev: R/139711

Home
Google MapBiggar, SK
Target
Google MapNone
Final Burial
Google MapStonefall Cemetery
Sec H Row B Grave 18

158 Squadron (Strength In Unity) RAF Lissett, The crew of Halifax III aircraft HX 356 NP-G (nose art "Goofy's Gift") were engaged on a night bombing practice flight when their aircraft crashed two miles west of the runway at Lissett, Yorkshire, England

Flying Officer A Sharp (RCAF), FS WM Freeman (RCAF), FS GWH Patterson (RCAF), FS GW Stone (RCAF), Pilot Officer CW Britton (RCAF)(USA), Flying Officer WW Cook (RCAF) and Sergeant ES Powell (RAFVR) were all killed in the crash

This loss is the subject of a book, Down at Gembling - The Last Flight of Halifax Bomber HX356, privately published by Chuck Tolley in Yellowknife, NWT

Unvetted Source yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk

Unvetted Source sarniahistoricalsociety.com

Unvetted Source 158 Squadron Association-Personnel Detail

Confirmed with Chuck Tolley

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax HX356

Pilot Officer Clarence William Arthur Britton RCAF

Pilot Officer Britton, Clarence William Arthur (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK

Flying Officer William Wilfred Cook RCAF

Flying Officer Cook, William Wilfred (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK

Flight Sergeant William Max Freeman RCAF

Flight Sergeant Freeman, William Max (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK

Flight Sergeant Gerald William Henry Patterson RCAF

Flight Sergeant Patterson, Gerald William Henry (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK

Sergeant Edwin Sampson Powell RAFVR

Sergeant Powell, Edwin Sampson (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Andrew Sharp RCAF

Flying Officer Sharp, Andrew (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK

Flight Sergeant Geoffrey William Stone RCAF

Flight Sergeant Stone, Geoffrey William (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-November-08
Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK