CREW MEMBER PROFILE

Surname:

BARNSDALE

First Name/s:

Frank Sharpe

Service No/s:

(1390139)155493

Service:

RAFVR

Branch:

Pilot

Awards:

Air Crew Europe Star, 1939-1945 Star, War Medal
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SERVICE RECORDS

Date

Event

Aircraft Flown
12 May 1941

Enlisted at the Combined Recruiting Centre, Dukes Road, Euston, London, as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2), mustering as Air Crew Hand (Pilot).

13 May 1941

Transferred to the Reserve, pending call-up.

25 Aug 1941

Called up to 1 Air Crew Reception Centre (ACRC), Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood, London.

20 Sep 1941

No. 7 Initial Training Wing (ITW), Bellavista Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall.

01 Nov 1941

Promoted to Leading Aircraftman (LAC), and remustered as under training Pilot.

13 Nov 1941

No. 50 (Training) Group Pool, Watchfield, Berkshire

03 Dec 1941

Embarked UK (port & vessel n/k) (TBC).

11 Dec 1941

Disembarked Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (TBC).

12 Dec 1941

31 (RAF) Personnel Depot, Moncton, New Brunswick, to join the Arnold Scheme for flying training in the USA. Date? – Train to the USA.

28 Mar 1942

RAF Reception Centre, Turner Field, Albany, Georgia.

27 Apr 1942

No. 81 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Ashbourne, Derbyshire; assembles his crew.

Whitley
30 Apr 1942

Primary Flying Training, illegible.

PT-13 Stearman/PT-22 Recruit/PT-19 Cornell (TBC)
08 Jul 1942

Basic Flying Training, Gunter Field, Montgomery, Alabama.

BT-9 Yale, BT-13 Valiant tbc
07 Sep 1942

Advanced Flying Training, Turner Field, Albany, Georgia.

AT-9 Fledgling, AT-10 Wichita, AT-17 Bobcat tbc
10 Nov 1942

Awarded RAF and USAAF Pilot’s flying badges, promoted to Sergeant, and remustered as Pilot.

11 Nov 1942

No. 31 (RAF) Personnel Depot, Moncton, New Brunswick.

24 Nov 1942

Home Embarkation (HE); embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia (vessel n/k).

01 Dec 1942

Disembarked UK (port n/k).

02 Dec 1942

No. 7 Personnel Reception Centre (PRC), Harrogate, Yorkshire.

01 Jan 1943

Attached to No. 15 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS), Kingstown, Carlisle, Cumberland.

02 Feb 1943

No. 6 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit ((P) AFU), Little Rissington, Gloucestershire.

Oxford
09 Jul 1943

Discharged on appointment to a Commission.

10 Jul 1943

Commissioned as Pilot Officer on probation (emerg) from Sgt (London Gazette, 05 Oct 43, p4410).

13 Sep 1943

No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire.

Lancaster TBC
28 Sep 1943

No. 12 Squadron, Wickenby, Lincolnshire
Ops (2):
18 Oct 43 – Hanover; 2nd dickie with D G Lighton crew
19 Oct 43 – Leipzig; abandoned due engine failure

Lancaster
04 Nov 1943

RAF Station Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire; as supernumery non-effective sick.

10 Jan 1944

Promoted to Flying Officer (war subs) (London Gazette, 14 Jan 44, p313).

02 Feb 1944

Joined No. 576 Squadron, 'B' Flight, at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire

Lancaster
15 Feb 1944

Set Rank from Flight Record

01 Apr 1944

Promoted to Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)

11 Apr 1944

Aulnoye; lost in LL830 UL-R2, aged 23
Shot down by Helmut Bergmann of NJG4 in his Bf-110 at 0230 to the north of Solesmes (one of seven claimed that night in just 46 minutes). The aircraft came down in Haussy, 10 miles E of Cambrai; there were no survivors
Buried at the Cambrai Communal Cemetery, grave 1.A.10
“TIMES CHANGE BUT ONE THING CHANGETH NEVER, THE MEMORY OF HAPPY DAYS TOGETHER”

Lancaster

576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

Date

Aircraft

Code

Flight Details

T/O

Land

Flt Time

Crew

15 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

BERLIN

1715

0030

7h15

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

15 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

BERLIN

1715

0030

7h15

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

15 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

BERLIN

1715

0030

7h15

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

15 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

BERLIN

1715

0030

7h15

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

19 Feb 1944

LM439

UL-X2

LEIPZIG

2345

0730

7h45

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

20 Feb 1944

LM439

UL-X2

STUTTGART

2340

0740

8h00

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries.

24 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

SCHWEINFURT

1820

0225

8h05

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt G.S. Armstrong
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

25 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

AUGSBURG

1820

0225

8h05

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  WO2 A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt G.S. Armstrong
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Aircraft factories Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

22 Mar 1944

LL830

UL-R2

FRANKFURT

1850

0050

6h00

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt E.H. Kenny
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  Plt Off A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1,062x 4lb incendiaries

24 Mar 1944

LL830

UL-R2

BERLIN

1855

0320

8h25

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt A.W. Knapp
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  Plt Off A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 924x 4lb incendiaries

26 Mar 1944

LL830

UL-R2

ESSEN

1945

0115

5h30

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt A.W. Knapp
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  Plt Off A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1,170x 4lb incendiaries

30 Mar 1944

LL830

UL-R2

NUREMBERG

2200

0615

8h15

P1   Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt L.R.S. Templeton
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  Plt Off A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1,020x 4lb incendiaries Attacked by Bf-109; returned fire, but no damage was sustained to either aircraft

10 Apr 1944

LL830

UL-R2

AULNOYE

nk

FTR

uk

P1   Flt Lt F.S. Barnsdale
P2   
FE   Sgt J. Torode
AB   Sgt E.C. Edwards
NAV  Plt Off A.G. Campbell RCAF
WOp  Sgt K.J. Willett
MUG  Sgt C. Clamp
RG   Sgt G.M. Morris

NOTES:

Target: Marshalling yards Load: 12x 1,000lb and 4x 500lb bombs Likely take off time 2320, but this is not shown in the Squadron records. The aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Helmut Bergmann of 6/ NJG-4 in his Bf-110 at 0230 to the north of Solesmes (the second of seven bombers he shot down that night in just 46 minutes). The aircraft came down in Haussy, 10 miles E of Cambrai; there were no survivors

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