Jack T Sharp
Military
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UPL 37615
William McKeon Crew
401st BG - 613th BS
Standing Left to Right: Edward D. Hill (TG), Frederick L. Fletcher (WG), Charles E. May (BTG), Jack Sharp (RO), Harold Hallman (WG), Raymond Harman (FE), Joseph Kozlowsky (B), Werner Zukunft (N), Robert Gray (CP), William McKeon (P)
This crew was shot down on their 16th mission, 19 July 1944. 9 POW and 1 Evadee (McKeon) 401st Bomb Group collection
401st BG - 613th BS
Standing Left to Right: Edward D. Hill (TG), Frederick L. Fletcher (WG), Charles E. May (BTG), Jack Sharp (RO), Harold Hallman (WG), Raymond Harman (FE), Joseph Kozlowsky (B), Werner Zukunft (N), Robert Gray (CP), William McKeon (P)
This crew was shot down on their 16th mission, 19 July 1944. 9 POW and 1 Evadee (McKeon) 401st Bomb Group collection
Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down by flak and crashed near Corne on 7/19/44 in B-17 44-6129. Missing Air Crew Report #8157
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned |
Wendover Field, Utah | 11 March 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group as Wendover Field, Utah as a member of Crew #3 per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943. Apparently, Jack T. Sharp was transferred out of the 384th Bomb Group prior to the 384th Bomb Group's deployment to the ETO. No records have been located to establish a specific date for the transfer. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 19 July 1944 | |
Born |
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Sources
Fold3 MACR 8157
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4778
Information from AAM file https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/103861consolidated in this file on 2020-02-25.
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8157 / MACR 8157, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2131 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database