Service Details
Name:
 SHARPE
Given Name:
 JAMES EDWARD
Initials:
 J E
Service No:
 205943V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 601 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-08
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Date of Birth:
 1921-08-17
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Spitfire IX MH622, shot down by Flak while strafing Rimini airfield, baled out over sea
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Jessie Hyslop Sharpe, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Sea Point. A scholar. On Worcester War Memorial, Western Cape
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 17, Column 1.

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