Sampson Sharff

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. UPL 66471 UPL 66471 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/9 March 1944, Berlin/Oranienburg, Heinkel Aircraft Factory.
Back Row- Sampson Sharff (Obs/Tg), Earl Mason (B), Arthur Drogue (N), Alfred Nuttall (Ac/Cp), Randolph Jacobs (P)
Front Row- Lawrence Wager (Wg), Alan Purdy (Ro), Robert Compton (Wg), Jack Goetz (Tt), Walter Arnold (Bt) 384th Bomb Group collection

The Quentin Bland Collection.  https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35749/search/8882

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Object Number - UPL 66471 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/9 March 1944, Berlin/Oranienburg, Heinkel Aircraft Factory. Back Row- Sampson Sharff (Obs/Tg), Earl Mason (B), Arthur...

Killed in Action (KIA) B-24H #42-51202 crashed due to bad weather near the Isle of Mann.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Lawrence Harold Angthius

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747074
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Kenneth Duane Barr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16154459
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner, Waist Gunner

Robert Clinton Bryant

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37285869
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner / Waist Gunner

Ellsworth Franklin Calder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36268988
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Claude Isom Gober

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-676942
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-51202

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 312th Ferry Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

12 July 1916

Died

8 June 1944
California, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131087463/sampson-sharff

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Leslie Veit

Sampson Sharff: Gallery (1 items)

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.

Object number: UPL 66471 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/9 March 1944, Berlin...