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#Name* SORT (↓)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↓)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 Shepherd John BeanPilotDFC
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Fighter Command20KIFA 22 January 1946
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2 ShepherdFrederickAircraftman 2nd Class635980Age 21RAF1939-11-24KilledUnited Kingdom, Romiley (St. Chad) Churchyard, Grave 978.Son of Percy and Ethel Shepherd, of Romiley.
3 GibsonChristopher FrancisFlying Officer39981Age 31BritishPilotLater DFCRAFBomber Command105Sqn
1940-05-14BattleIL5585GB-?Villeneuve-les-Vertus1540SedanCrashed behind enemy linesEvader - Killed later with 138SqnLater: Durnbach War Cemetery. Coll. grave 7. D. 16-17Son of James Arthur and Lucy Catherine Gibson, of Holne, Devon. Croix de Guerre avec Palme. Grave inscription: 'The Lord Is My Shepherd: Therefore Can I Lack Nothing'.
4 ShepherdJohn AdamsonPilot Officer41621Age RAF1Sqn1940-06-05KilledFrance, St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Block "S". Plot 4. Row O. Grave 4.
5 SotheranShepherdSergeant751010Age 32RAFVR1940-07-06KilledUnited Kingdom, Hartlepool West View Cemetery, Sec. 7. Cons. Row W. Grave 1.Son Of Shepherd And Ann Sotheran, Of Hartlepool; Husband Of Millicent Sotheran, Of Preston, Lancashire.
6 ShepherdF E RSergeant811129PilotFighter611Sqn
1940-09-11SpitfireIIP7298PatrolBaled out over Croydon SurreyKilledWhyteleafe (St- Luke) Churchyard United Kingdom
7 ShepherdFrederick Ernest RichardSergeant811129Age 22RAF (Auxiliary Air Force)611Sqn1940-09-11KilledUnited Kingdom, Whyteleafe (St. Luke) Churchyard, Row G. Grave 33.Battle of Britain. Son Of William Herbert And Blodwen Jane Shepherd, Of Prestatyn, Flintshire; Husband Of Thelma Maddrell Shepherd.
8 ShepherdAlbert JosephCorporal357618Age RAF1940-09-18KilledUnited Kingdom, Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery, Sec. G. Grave 62.

9 MorganHarry WrightPilot Officer43708Age 27New ZealandPilotRAFBomber Command78Sqn
1940-10-01WhitleyVP4964EY-?RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire1906SterkradeSee archive report for further detailsKilledHummelo-En-Keppel General Cemetery (Hummelo). Collective grave 1-5.

Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 08th April 1913 at Ashburton, New Zealand. Worked as a shepherd farmer for H. Pilbrow prior to service. Selected for a short service commission in the RAF. Enlisted in the RNZAF at Rongotai on the 20th September 1939. Joined No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School on the 19th December 1939. Pilots badge awarded on the 13th February 1940. Embarked for England on the 26th April 1940. Joined No. 12 Operational Training Unit on the 30th June 1940. Then to No. 10 Operational Training Unit on the 11th August 1940 flying the Whitley. Joined 78 squadron on the 07th September 1940 flying the Whitley and completed 9 operational sorties. Son of William Arthur (died 25th June 1928, age 52) and Florence Jenny Myra Morgan (nee Wright - died 27th September 1929, age 61) brother of Florence Barbara (later Pilbrow - died 17th July 1954, age 44), of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand. 366 Flying hours logged and on his 9th operational sortie.
10 ShepherdDavid GeorgeSergeant625253Age 19RAF21Sqn1940-12-27KilledNetherlands (Holland), Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, 27. A. 10.Son Of Mrs. N. Shepherd, And Stepson Of Mr. W. Edward, Of Forfar, Angus.
11 ShepherdD GSergeantBomber Command21Sqn
1940-12-27BlenheimIVT2223YH-TBodneyPortsCrashed at Gilze Rijen KilledBergen op zoom
12 ShepherdRaymondAircraftman 2nd Class1050924Age 19RAFVR1941-03-04KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 58.Son Of Thomas Henry And Florence May Shepherd, Of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
13 ShepherdPhilip HenryLeading Aircraftman965903Age 19RAFVR1941-05-02KilledIraq, Habbaniya War Cemetery, 1. A. 2.
Son Of Harry And Annie Shepherd, Of Wythenshawe, Manchester.
14 ShepherdWilliam CharlesFlight Sergeant581120Age 19RAF57Sqn RAF
1941-06-27KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 37.Son Of William And Mary Ann Shepherd, Of Maidstone, Kent.
15 ShepherdW CSergeantBomber Command57Sqn
1941-06-27WellingtonIcR1794DX-Feltwell2300BremenLost without trace Killed
16 ShepherdJohn GodfreyPilot Officer61475Age 26RAFVR113Sqn1941-07-02KilledEgypt, Alamein Memorial, Column 241.Son Of John William And Margaret Maine Shepherd, Of Brakpan, Transvaal, South Africa.
17 NationJohn RossSergeantNZ/40945Age 22New ZealandObserverRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-07-03WellingtonIcW5621AA-ERAF Feltwell, Norfolk2308EssenSee archive report for further brief detailsMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 64
Born on the 03rd October 1918 at Hastings. A shepherd working on his fathers farm prior to enlisting on the 09th April 1940. Son of Esdaile Chilcott Nation and Mavis Nation (née Mchardy), of Waipawa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. 284 flying hours logged and completed 18 operational sorties.
18 KingEdward HenrySergeant918289Age 23W/Op/Air/GnrRAFVRBomber Command214Sqn
1941-07-07WellingtonIcT2992BU-JRAF Stradishall, Suffolk2204KolnSee archive report for further detailsKilledAs Communal Cemetery. Grave 4Son of Ernest Edward and Caroline Alice Louise King, of Shepherd's Bush, London, England. Grave inscription reads: "Not Gone From Memory Not Gone From Love But Gone To Our Father's Home Above".
19 LastStanley HerbertPilot Officer62706Age 24RAFVR1941-08-09KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 33.Son Of John Shepherd Last And Mabel Last, Of Ipswich, Suffolk; Husband Of Kathleen Rosa Last, Of Ipswich.
20 ShepherdSergeantBomber Command9Sqn
1941-09-07WellingtonIcR1499WS-Honington2014BerlinCrash landed on return to base
21 ShepherdSergeantBomber Command15Sqn
1941-11-25StirlingIW7450LS-AWytonThe RuhrCrashed on landing at Warboys
22 ShepherdJohn WilliamWarrant Officer563501Age 29RAF1941-12-10KilledLibya, Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, 1. K. 8.Son Of John William And Jessie Adelaide Shepherd, Of Winnersh, Berkshire.
23 FellGeorge GardinerSergeant6415601930Air GunnerRAFBomber Command97Sqn (Straits Settlements)
1941-12-18ManchesterIR5795OF-WWaddington934BrestClaimed by Lt Horst Walbeck 3/JG2. Crashed in the sea 6km off Brest at 1403KilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 43. Son of Harry and Dora Louisa Fell, of Shepherd's Bush, London
24 BarkerRichard Percival WilliamPilot OfficerNZ/41464Age 25New ZealanderPilotRNZAFBomber Command28 Conversion Flight. 4 Group

10Sqn

1941-12-22HalifaxIL9522-RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire1025Ferry flightSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledGrantham Cemetery. Sec. 17. Row M. Grave 11

Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 22nd February 1916 in Reigate, Surrey, England. Emigrated to New Zealand in 1920. Worked as a shepherd on his fathers farm in Gisbourne prior to service. Enlisted on the 18th January 1941 at Levin. Awarded his pilots badge and commission on the 05th July 1941. Attached to 28 Conversion Flight on the 15th December 1941 from 10 squadron. Son of Richard and Sheila Hall Barker, of Gisbourne, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 206 flying hours logged and completed at least 3 operational sorties. It seems that he was on this aircraft as a passenger. Note: His older brother, Fl/Lt. Desmond Wallace Ferguson Barker DFC 70043 RAF, was killed on the 12th February 1941. 83 squadron Hampden I AD722 OL-X returning from an operation to Bremen. Whilst circling the airfield in very poor visibility crashed into a house killing 3 crew, 1 survived injured.
25 DannLeonard WilliamSergeant9298681916Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command61 Sqn
1942-01-31ManchesterIL7396QR:?Woolfox Lodge18:50BrestLast heard transmitting distress signals, which were plotted some 50 miles south of Plymouth, Devon. Two RN Destroyers on convoy escort duties in the Channel were detached to make a search of the area, but nothing was foundKilledRunnymede Memorial Panel 81Son of Albert William and Emily Dann, of Shepherd's Bush, London.
26 RichardsonHarry Vivian ShepherdLeading Aircraftman1149778Age RAFVR1942-03-08KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 97.
27 BalfourDavid John ShepherdSergeant1060382Age 19RAFVR1942-03-18KilledUnited Kingdom, Dundee Eastern Necropolis, Sec. T.T. Grave 483.

Son Of David Mcp. Balfour And Annabella Balfour, Of Dundee.
28 ShepherdCecil RainsfordPilot Officer411197AustraliaRAAF76Sqn RAAF
1942-03-27RAAF Honour Roll
29 ShepherdCecil RainsfordPilot Officer411197Age 22RAAF1942-03-27KilledAustralia, New South Wales Cremation Memorial, Sydney, Panel 5.Son Of John Rainsford Shepherd And Irene Ada Shepherd, Of Bomaderry. (Cremated, Sydney (Northern Suburbs) Crematorium.).
30 ShepherdBernardSergeant922210Age 28RAFVR150Sqn1942-04-02KilledFrance, Les Gonards Cemetery, Versailles, Row 5. Coll. Grave 31-34.Son Of Harry And Evelyn Grace Shepherd; Husband Of Joan May Shepherd, Of Hove, Sussex.
31 ShepherdBSergeantBomber Command150Sqn
1942-04-02WellingtonICX9814JN-OSnaith1930PoissyCrashed near Villacoublay ParisKilledles Gonards (Versailles)
32 ShepherdErnestSergeant1304371Age 24RAFVR42Sqn1942-04-08KilledDenmark, Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, Aiii. 10. 6.Son Of Ernest And Mary Ann Shepherd, Of Bolton, Lancashire.
33 ShepherdRonaldAircraftman 2nd Class1486889Age RAFVR234Sqn1942-04-26KilledUnited Kingdom, York Cemetery, Yorkshire, Section D. Grave 37. 11807.
Son Of George Herbert And Nellie Shepherd, Of York.
34 ShepherdM LFlight SergeantRAAFBomber Command460Sqn RAAF
1942-04-28WellingtonIVZ1290UV-TBeighton2226KielCrashed near NeumunsterKilledHamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery
35 ShepherdCharles ThomasSergeant1127995Age RAFVR149Sqn1942-07-16KilledGermany, Kiel War Cemetery, 2. H. 17.
36 ShepherdIan JamesPilot OfficerNZ/404414Age 26New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-26WellingtonIIIZ1596AA-?RAF Feltwell, Norfolk2235HamburgSee archive report for further detailsKilledSage War Cemetery Grave 13.C.9.
Son of John George and Katie Shepherd, of Timaru, Canterbury, husband of Muriel Allan Shepherd, of Timaru, New Zealand. Total of 380 hours flying time - his 24th operation.
37 RobertsonNorman BrucePilot OfficerNZ/411101Age 25New ZealandW/Op/Air/GunnerRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-26WellingtonIIIZ1596AA-?RAF Feltwell, Norfolk2235HamburgSee archive report for further detailsKilledSage War Cemetery Grave 13.C.6.
courtesy courtesy Auckland Cenotaph
Son of Gilbert David and Minnie Robertson, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand, husband of Eva May Robertson, of Mairoa, Auckland. Total of 216 hours flying time - his 10th operation. Prior to service motor assembly driver working for Transport (Waikato) Ltd..
38 WinstanleyJames Francis - SonnySergeantNZ/412373Age 20New ZealandW/Op/Air/GunnerRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-26WellingtonIIIZ1596AA-?RAF Feltwell, Norfolk2235HamburgSee archive report for further detailsKilledSage War Cemetery Grave 4.D.12
courtesy courtesy Auckland Library Heritage Collection
Son of Thomas and Angela Adele Winstanley, of Ralph Street, Huntly, Auckland, New Zealand.Total of 127 hours flying time - his 10th operation. Born 9th October 1921, Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand. Before enlistment he worked as a clipper.
39 DixonJohnSergeant613966Age ?Air GunnerRAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-26WellingtonIIIZ1596AA-?RAF Feltwell, Norfolk2235HamburgSee archive report for further detailsPoW No. 25165 Stalag LamsdorfNone - survived the war
His daughter explained that during the “Long March” towards the end of the war when the PoW’s were forced to leave the camps to further away from the encroaching front line he had been provided food by the local German civilian population.
40 LeesReginald SidneyPilot OfficerNZ/404907Age 26New ZealandObserverRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-26WellingtonIIIZ1596AA-?RAF Feltwell, Norfolk2235HamburgHit by anti-aircraft fireKilledSage War Cemetery. Grave 13.C.8.
Son of William John Lees and of Harriet Lees (née Burt), of Matata, Auckland, New Zealand. Total of 295 hours flying time - his 7th operation.
41 ShepherdWSergeantBomber Command115Sqn
1942-07-26WellingtonIIIX3412KO-LMarhamHamburgDitched off German coastPoW
42 ShepherdIan JamesPilot Officer404414Age 26RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-27KilledGermany, Sage War Cemetery, 13. C. 9.Son Of John George And Katie Shepherd, Of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand; Husband Of Muriel Allan Shepherd, Of Timaru.
43 WestermanVictor KennethFlight SergeantNZ/41970Age 24New ZealandPilotRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-28WellingtonIIIX3664AA-VRAF Feltwell, NorfolkHamburgSee archive report for further detailsKilledBecklingen War Cemetery. Collective. grave 14. F. 12-14.
Son of Ernest Alfred (died 23rd February 1954, age ,75) age and Janet Westerman (died 09th August 1952, age 74) of 302 Southampton Street, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Educated at at the Matamata District High School. Employed by B. F. Cordy, Masterton, as a shepherd.
44 ShepherdCaleb Stanley KennethSergeant11122371922Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command207Sqn
1942-08-06ManchesterIL7385EM-U BarBottesfordTrainingCollided with 207 Sqn Conversion Flight Lancaster R5550 EM-GKilledChester (Overleigh) Cemetery Section C New Portion Grave 233At 0005 hours on the Aug 6th, Lancaster R5550 and because of repairs being undertaken on the perimeter track, was ordered by Flying Control to taxi back down the runway in use. Meanwhile, thinking that a/c was already clear, permission was given for Manchester L7385 to land on the same runway. The two a/c met head-on, there was an explosion, and although both the ambulance and fire tender raced to the scene, four aircrew had died instantly. A fifth died minutes later in the arms of the Medical Officer, Alan Ambrey-Smith. Amongst the dead were the pilot of the Lancaster and the flight engineer. Miraculously, five crewmen had escaped from the collision alive, although with varying degrees of injury. The pilot of the Manchester was admitted to the Burns Unit at RAF Hospital at Rauceby. He later returned to flying, but not operationally. The rear gunner of the Lancaster suffered shock and concussion. His only recollection of the accident was of waking up briefly in the ambulance and seeing another airmen whose face was covered in blood, at which point he passed out again. Sent home to Brighton to convalesce, he stayed out later than usual one night and decided to catch a bus home. Unfortunately the driver was having none of it, and declared ‘This bus is for war-workers only!, Dick lkin’s reply is not recorded. (Extract from "On the wings of the Morning" Vincent Holyoak)
45 ShepherdCaleb Stanley KennethSergeant1112237Age 20RAFVR1942-08-06KilledUnited Kingdom, Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, Sec. C. New Portion. Grave 233.Son Of Stanley And Jane Shepherd, Of Chester.
46 ShepherdHenry WrightFlight Sergeant10535391919ObserverRAFVRBomber Command106Sqn
1942-08-11LancasterIW4109ZN-Coningsby2300MainzCrashed Koblenzer Strasse near BAD camp Waldesch 9km SSW of Koblenz (Flak?).KilledRheinberg War Cemetery Plot 10 Row E Grave 16.
The crew were initially laid to rest in the French Friedhof Koblenz

Son of Joseph and Ann Shepherd, of Blackpool, Lancashire
47 ShepherdHenry WrightFlight Sergeant1053539Age 23RAFVR106Sqn1942-08-12KilledGermany, Rheinberg War Cemetery, 10. E. 16.Son Of Joseph And Ann Shepherd, Of Blackpool, Lancashire.
48 SheppardEdward EdmondFlight SergeantR6521529th April 1922 in Halifax, Nova ScotiaCanadianWireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command61 Sqn
1942-08-19LancasterIR5605QR:RRAF Syerston08:08Anti-shipping patrolThe aircraft was on detachment to Coastal Command. Took-off from St. Eval on an ASW Patrol off the coast of Spain. Lost without trace during a reported attack on a ship off the NW coast of Spain near Corunna.MiARunnymede Memorial Panel 106Son of Ronald George and Marguerite Gertrude (née Conway) Shepherd of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
49 ShepherdAustinFlight SergeantR/78934Age 20RCAF61Sqn1942-08-19KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 106.Son Of William And Anne Clayton Shepherd, Of London, Ontario, Canada.
50 ShepherdAustinFlight SergeantR7893418th June 1922 in London, OntarioCanadian2nd Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRCAFBomber Command61 Sqn
1942-08-19LancasterIR5605QR:RRAF Syerston08:08Anti-shipping patrolThe aircraft was on detachment to Coastal Command. Took-off from St. Eval on an ASW Patrol off the coast of Spain. Lost without trace during a reported attack on a ship off the NW coast of Spain near Corunna.MiARunnymede Memorial Panel 106Son of Austin Dark (Step-son of William Shepherd) and Anna (née Clayton) Shepherd (Step-son of William Shepherd) of London, Ontario, Canada

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