Barnsdale, Frank Sharpe
Killed in Action 1944-04-11
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
George Frederick and Susan Crown Barnsdale
Home: Donington, Lincolnshire, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
576 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Carpe Diem Seize the opportunity
Base
RAF Elsham Wolds
Rank
Flt. Lieutenant
Position
Flt. Lieutenant
Service Numbers
Target
Cambrai France
First Burial
Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery, Cambrai, France
Took off from Elsham Wolds at 23:31 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code UL-R2 Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb railway yards at Cambrai France.
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed between Cambrai (Nord) and Solesmes France.
Killed includes Barnsdale:Pilot Officer Alexander Grant Campbell RCAF J/85824 KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery, Cambrai, France, Plot 1. Row A. Grave 14.Sergeant Clifford Clamp RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 11.Flight Sergeant Ernest Charles Edwards RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 15.Sergeant Grenville Malcombe Morris RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 12.Sergeant James Torode RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Joint grave 15.Sergeant Kevin Joseph Willett RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 13.