Leslie Sharp

Pilot Officer Leslie Mark Sharp was a Northern Irish airman of the Royal Air Force who died during the Second World War.
He was born the son of Mark and Annie Sharp, of Belfast. Sharp initially enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in August 1939 as an airman. He was called up on the outbreak of war and undertook training with No. 11 Flying Training School before being commissioned on 7 September 1940. Sharp converted to Hawker Hurricanes with 5 Operational Training Unit, after which he joined No. 111 Squadron in October. He transferred to the newly-formed 96 Squadron on 18 December.Sugarman, Martin, Jewish Pilots and Aircrews in the Battle of Britain, jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 23 January 2015.P/O L M Sharp, bbm.org.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
Aged 23, Sharp died on 28 December 1940, when his Hawker Hurricane (serial P3899) abruptly crashed one mile offshore after a routine night take-off from RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool. He was the squadron's first fatality of the war.Ferguson, Aldon P. (2008), Cheshire Airfields in the Second World War, p. 66 
He is buried in Carnmoney Jewish Cemetery, County Antrim.
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*Sharp, Leslie Mark, cwgc.org. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
Category:Birth Date Unknown
Category:1940 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:Royal Air Force
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:Buried in Northern Ireland
Category:Pilot Officers