Robert Hillard Sharp Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 27848 - Capt Robert H Sharp 328FS, 352FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) weather recon mission with 2Lt Richard Pratt, lost in North Sea MIA/FOD Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5558
Awards: DFC (2OLC), PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17068681 / O-820571
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Carthage, Newton County, MS | 25 October 1915 | Son of Robert Hillard Sr and Minnie Catherine “Dolly” [Henry] Sharp. |
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Enlisted |
19 January 1942 | ||
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Died |
9 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) weather recon mission with 2Lt Richard Pratt, lost in North Sea MIA/FOD Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5558 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bodney | 9 June 1944 | Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs. | ||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Harris Cemetery Carthage, Leake County, MS | Memorialised Harris Cemetery Carthage, Leake County, MS | |
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Other Pilot training |
Greenville, MS | Basic Training; Greenville, MS | |
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Other Pilot training |
Eglin Field, FL | Primary Training; Eglin Field, FL | |
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Other Pilot training |
Maxwell Field, Montgomery, AL | Advanced Training; Maxwell Field, AL |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/529904698-robert-h-sharp
https://www.fold3.com/image/310953069?rec=300729635
https://www.fold3.com/page/637459764-robert-h-sharp/photos
https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cm…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35679514/robert-hillard-sharp
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / unit history
