Ernest Shepherd     Photo: Knud Riis    Updated:  24 MAR 2021

Airman: a014018.htm Surname: Shepherd Init: E Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 42

P_link: p063.htm Plane: BFO N1172 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d080442 Buried_d: b280742 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A3. 10. 6

Kl. 13.15 den 8. april 1942 lettede BFO N1172 fra RAF Leuchars for at angribe 6 motorfartøjer.
Flyet blev set kaste en torpedo rettet mod et af de seks fartøjer, men flak forhindrede yderligere observation. Hvid røg blev set komme fra N1172. Flyet styrtede ned i Nordsøen. (Kilde: p063MACR)

Sgt Shepherd drev i land på Fanø (måske her). Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 28. juli 1942. (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Ernest Shepherd, 24 år, var søn af Ernest og
Mary Ann Shepherd, Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

1 flyver fra BFO N1172 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i Tyskland. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 4 flyvere.

At 13.15 on 8 April 1942 BFO N1172 took off from RAF Leuchars to attack 6 motor vessels.
It was seen to drop torpedo aimed at one of the six motor vessels but flak prevented further observation.
White smoke was seen to be coming from N1172. It crashed in the North Sea. (Source: p063MACR)

Sgt Shepherd was washed ashore on Fanø (maybe here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 28 July 1942. (FAF)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Ernest Shepherd, 24, was the son of Ernest and
Mary Ann Shepherd, of Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
Dearly loved son of Ernest and Mary Ann Shepherd  Bolton, Lancs., England  At rest

1 airman from BFO N1172 was buried in Esbjerg and 1 in GERMANY. 2 airmen have no known grave.

This Beaufort was from RAF Coastal Command. See No. 42 Squadron (Wikipedia).
It took off from RAF Leuchars.  4 airmen.