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Personal info

Full name
SHARPE, Bernard Dewey
Date of birth
12 January 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
O-731336
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
336th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 June 1943
Place of death
West of Kiel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 15 6

Immediate family

Members
Hollida Sharpe (father)
Gladys Sharpe (mother)
Camille Sharpe (sister)
Shirley A. (Busack) Sharpe (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3286
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Sweet Seventeen
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boats yards
MACR: 616

More information

Lt Bernard D. Sharpe graduated from West Division High School in 1937. He was employed at the Alamo Commercial Studio.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 14 April 1941.

"B-17F, 42-3286, piloted by 1st Lt Austin V. Stone, was lost west of Kiel, Germany on the way out from the target. 1st Lt Austin V. Stone was flying #3 of the high element of the composite group but was never reported as having been seen leaving the formation. On this mission, a great deal of enemy opposition was encountered, ten aircraft being lost in all from this group. Understandably, the crews returned unable to give any information concerning this missing aircraft."
- Statement from David E. Olsson, Capt, Air Corps, Asst. Operations Officer

The entire crew was killed.

The photo was taken in high school in 1937.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, Milwaukee Sentinel - Jul 08, 1943

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, West Division High School, yearbook 1937