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  PBY-5 Catalina Bureau Number 2309 Number 16
USN
Patrol Wing 10
VP 101

Former Assignments
Ex 22-P-6

Pilot  AMM3C Cliff Alton Sharp, 3561822 (MIA / KIA) TX
Shot Down  February 5, 1942

Mission History
Shot down over Ambon by Japanese fighters. Crew member Sharp bailed out, but nothing was ever heard from him again. The others crew members were killed in the crash.

Rescue
Two of the crew survived and escaped to Australia.

Memorials
Sharp was officially declared dead on December 4, 1945. He is memorialized on the tablets of the missing at Manila American Cemetery.

References
Thanks to Lou Dorny / The Baltic Group Archive for this information.

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October 7, 2009

 

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