Fletcher Ellsworth Sharp, 1918-1944, son of Richard N Sharp & Susie Manning (cousin to Carrie J).

Fletcher died June 1944 in WW2, as his plane crashed on the runway, Metfield, England.

Lucky Penny, 491st Group, 853rd Squadron

Standing (L-R)

1st Lt. Fletcher E. Sharp - Pilot

2nd Lt. Sammy Rowan - Co-Pilot

2nd Lt. William L. Reese - Navigator

2nd Lt. Edwin W. Foster - Bombardier

Kneeling (L-R)

Sgt. Warren H. Rudolph - Waist Gunner

Sgt. Grover L. Buchanan - Engineer

Sgt. Carl W. Frack - Waist Gunner

Sgt. Rudolph C. Schopa - Radio Operator

Sgt. Clyde V. Jones - Ball Gunner

On 8 June 1944, the entire crew, except for Navigator 2nd Lt. William L. Reese who had been "borrowed" to fly on the 853rd Squadron lead plane, were all killed returning to their airbase at Metfield, England. They had aborted their mission with a feathered No. 1 engine and after returning to the airbase, circled the field three times with a full load of fuel and bombs, lost control as they attempted to land and crashed on the field. SSgt. Lester J. Datthyn (Tail Gunner) was not in the crew photo, but was also killed in the crash. William L. Reese was killed 26 Nov 1944 on the raid over Misberg. The image & the info were acquired from the "American Air Museum in Britain" webpage www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/media/media-13551jpeg

They could cut you.

Western Treatment Plant

Location: McCarthy Woods, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

SRI Ecplise Event

This looked so good I just had to take a shot.

Taken 2020

The view from Sharp's Ridge in KNoxville TN

Sharps Island Lighthouse, Maryland.

Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Anemone acutiloba), Wyalusing State Park, Wisconsin. They have an interesting range of colors and patterns.

Sharp Develops Super-Thin 2.2-Inch LCD

Sharp-shinned Hawk photographed at Dry Tortugas National Park, FL on 21 April 2016.

IT WAS NEW DUILN BUS AS IRL 99 D 571 SOLD SHARPES 60 YWX

Panorama of Bayer decoded (eg, colorized) Curiosity images of Mount Sharp and foothills off to the right. Cropped/color/processing variant.

Standard Mode

~ I'm too young to be ugly~

The local crows bellowed loud and clear, which usually means a raptor spotted. At first I thought it was the Cooper's hawk again. But this hawk had red eyes, and the Cooper was a juvie, which has yellow eyes. This one was slightly smaller also.

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/sharp-shinned_hawk/id

sharp!

Sharpness.

12/01/14

Don't sit on these!!!!! ;)

Sharp

Photo taken with a camera lifted by a kite (Kite Aerial Photography)