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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Last Updated
October 7, 2009
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