The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Sgt. Leo Sharp served as gunner aboard B-24D 42-40265 with the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, on the August 1, 1943 low-level raid on Ploesti. He returned to duty (RTD) following the mission. No individual casualty questionnaire for Sharp is present in the MACR documentation.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Gunner
Serial Number
18105275
Missions flown.
2 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943 — 01 Aug 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record