Shepherd, Henry Ian (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-September-23

Pilot Officer Henry Ian Shepherd RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Son of William F. and N. Shepherd, of Toronto, Ontario.

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

106 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Pro Libertate For freedom

Base

RAF Bourn

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/89184
Prev: R/167426

Home

Toronto, Ontario

Target

Dortmund Germany

Temporary Burial

Pilot Officer Bomb Aimer Shepherd Was Buried In A Farmer's Field At Schierloh

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Plot 13 Row C Grave 4

Took off from Metheringham at 19:30 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code ZN-Q Bomber Command) on an operation to breach the Dortmund-Ems Canal North of Münster near Ladbergen.

Hit by flak, exploded and crashed 3km West of Ibbenburen near Schierloh Germany, 22:45.

Killed includes Shepherd: Flying Officer Gerald George Bryan RCAF J/29589 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 5. Flight Sergeant John Frederick William Clarke RCAF R/194623 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 3. Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin RCAF J/89163 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row B. Grave 15. Flying Officer James Isaac RAF pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row B. Grave 16. Sergeant Richard Henry Julian RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 1. Pilot Officer David Levene RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 2.

POW: Flight Lieutenant Richard Henry Jones RAF POW Stalag Luft L3, Sagan & Belaria.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial