Sharff, Sampson (NMI)

Individual Personnel Data
Name Sharff, Sampson (NMI), "Bud"   ‡
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Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-687709   ‡
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #136 dated 5 November 1943, effective 5 November 1943.
  • Transferred to the 27th Air Transport Group, AAF Station 525, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 13 May 1944, effective 9 May 1944.
Duty Co-pilot / Pilot
MOS1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date 9 May 1944
Results Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 12 July 1916
  • Ordered to travel to Coombe House Hotel (a 'flak house'), Semley, Dorset, for seven days beginning 21 December 1943 on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #171 dated 20 December 1943.
  • 2LT Sampson Sharff completed his combat tour with 30 missions and was transferred to the 27th Air Transport Group, 312th Ferrying Squadron on 9 May 1944.
    There, serving as co-pilot of Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-51202, 1LT Sharff was killed when the plane crashed in low cloud on Snaefell, Isle of Man, June 8, 1944.
    He was on his way home, but he did not make it back to the USA. Initially he was interred at Lisnabreeny American Military Cemetery in Belfast, UK, but when that cemetery closed, his remains were transferred to Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, Los Angeles County, CA.
    He was promoted to First Lieutenant after leaving the 384th Bomb Group on 9 May 1944.
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Connell, Ralph Jackson, Jr⇗PilotKIA
2nd Lt. Sharff, Sampson (NMI), "Bud"Co-pilotCT
2nd Lt. Angthius, Lawrence Harold⇗NavigatorKIA
2nd Lt. Gober, Claude Isom⇗BombardierKIA
T/SGT. Purdy, Alan Bradford⇗Radio Operator / GunnerCT
T/SGT. Wick, Harvey Arthur⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Calder, Ellsworth Franklin⇗Ball Turret GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Barr, Kenneth Duane⇗Tail GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Bryant, Robert Clinton⇗Flexible GunnerKIA
S/SGT. McCulley, William Homer, Jr⇗Flexible GunnerKIA
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 30 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
44⇗ 20 December 1943 Target: Port Area/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑31274⇗ Combat Mission Credit
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47⇗ 30 December 1943 Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29717⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Composite Squadron
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53⇗ 14 January 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Meillard, France 		Co-pilot 42‑30026⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back over field with runaway #2 prop, #3 magneto out, and reception on command radio transmission was very faint.
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54⇗ 21 January 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Preuseville, France 		Tail Gunner 42‑31364⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41A Group Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
55⇗ 29 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Parts Plants
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑31495⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, lead group.
Sortie Report⇗
56⇗ 30 January 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑31495⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group.
Sortie Report⇗
59⇗ 5 February 1944 Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Orleans, France 		Co-pilot 42‑31495⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
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60⇗ 6 February 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		Co-pilot 42‑31495⇗ Combat Mission Credit
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63⇗ 20 February 1944 Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany 		Tail Gunner 42‑39766⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41A Group, 41st A Combat Wing lead. PFF aircraft, and remaining unidentified crew, provided by 482nd BG at Alconbury.
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64⇗ 21 February 1944 Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Werl, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑39809⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Flying spare; joined formation.
Sortie Report⇗
65⇗ 22 February 1944 Target: Aircraft Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑37885⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
41A Group.
Sortie Report⇗
66⇗ 24 February 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑31346⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
67⇗ 25 February 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑31495⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41A Group.
Sortie Report⇗
69⇗ 2 March 1944 Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑37982⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
70⇗ 3 March 1944 Target: Roller-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑37982⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back because the oil pressure in #3 engine dropped, causing severe vibration; could not feather prop.
Sortie Report⇗
71⇗ 4 March 1944 Type: Military
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑31740⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Flying spare, joined formation.
Sortie Report⇗
72⇗ 6 March 1944 Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑37982⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
74⇗ 9 March 1944 Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Tail Gunner 42‑31364⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
75⇗ 16 March 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑37982⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
77⇗ 19 March 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France 		Co-pilot 42‑29723⇗ Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
FLIGHT TIME 2:50
Sortie Report⇗
78⇗ 20 March 1944 Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑31435⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
81⇗ 24 March 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑31346⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
82⇗ 26 March 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France 		Tail Gunner 42‑31364⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
87⇗ 10 April 1944 Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium 		Co-pilot 42‑31346⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
88⇗ 11 April 1944 Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Sorau, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑31346⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, high composite group.
Sortie Report⇗
90⇗ 18 April 1944 Target: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Tail Gunner 42‑31364⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
91⇗ 19 April 1944 Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑31346⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
93⇗ 22 April 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany 		Tail Gunner 42‑31364⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
96⇗ 27 April 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France 		Pilot 42‑37785⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
97⇗ 27 April 1944 Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		Pilot 42‑3440⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
99⇗ 1 May 1944 Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France 		Pilot 42‑37982⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Went over target but did not release bombs because of 9/10th haze and undercast.
Sortie Report⇗
100⇗ 4 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Pilot 42‑31235⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37982.
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101⇗ 7 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Pilot 42‑37982⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
103⇗ 8 May 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France 		Pilot 42‑37982⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗

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