John Anthony Sharp   Photo: Lars Wikander 2008     Updated: 18 MAR 2022

Airman: e222021.htm Surname: Sharp Init: J A Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 012

P_link: p100.htm Plane: WEL Z8538 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d180842 Buried_d: e222o C_link: e222o.htm At_Next: Öckerö, S

Den 18. august 1942 styrtede WEL Z8538 i Nordsøen. Hele besætningen omkom.

Dette fly lettede fra RAF Binbrook kl. 20.35 den 18. august 1942 med brandbomber og brochurer.
Mål: Flensborg. Gået tabt i havet. (Kilde: p100MACR)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Anthony Sharp, 21 år, var søn af
Harold Hodgson Sharp og Nora Farr Sharp, Chester, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)
Han blev begravet på Öckerö i Sverige.

1 flyver fra WEL Z8538 blev begravet i Frederikshavn og 2 i Öckerö, Sverige.
2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
5 flyvere.

On 18 August 1942  WEL Z8538 crashed into the North Sea. All of the crew perished.

This bomber took off from RAF Binbrook at 2035 hrs. on 18 August 1942 with incendiaries and leaflets targeting Flensburg. Lost at sea. (Source: p100MACR)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Anthony Sharp, 21, was the son of
Harold Hodgson Sharp and Nora Farr Sharp, Chester, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
He was buried in Öckerö, SWEDEN. They hold the heights they won
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, P 96.  

1 airman from WEL Z8538 was buried in Frederikshavn and 2 in Öckerö, SWEDEN.
2 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 12 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 12 Squadron RAFA * 12 Squadron RAF at RAF-Lincolnshire.info.
Vickers Wellington - Tangmere * Vickers Wellington. Wellington II Z8538 PH-O took off from RAF Binbrook 
at 20:35 on 18 AUG 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 
5 airmen.