Laurence Arthur Shepherd   Photo: Knud Riis  Updated: 19 MAR 2022

Airman: a014055.htm Surname: Shepherd Init: L A Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 115

P_link: p108.htm Plane: WEL BJ693 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d140942 Buried_d: b201042 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A3. 9. 18

Kl. 19.58 den 14. september 1942 lettede WEL BJ693 på et bombetogt mod Wilhelmshaven.
Flyet gik i havet, antageligt i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p108MACR)

K. J. Warner blev begravet i Esbjerg den 13. oktober 1942.
L. A. Shepherd blev ført fra Hjerpsted (her) til Esbjerg og begravet den 20. oktober 1942. (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant (Observer) Laurence Arthur Shepherd, 20 år, var søn af Sidney og Elizabeth L. Shepherd, Sheffield; nevø og myndling af Ethel Shepherd, Pitsmoor, Sheffield, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

2 flyvere fra WEL BJ693 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i TYSKLAND. 3 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
6 flyvere.

At 19:58 on 14 September 1942 WEL BJ693 took off from RAF Marham on a bombing raid
targeting Wilhelmshaven.
The plane was lost at sea, North Sea presumed. No survivors. (Source: p108MACR)

K. J. Warner was buried in Esbjerg on 13 October 1942.
L. A. Shepherd was taken from Hjerpsted (here) to Esbjerg and buried on 20 October 1942. (FAF)

Sergeant (Observer) Laurence Arthur Shepherd, 20, was the son of Sidney and Elizabeth L. Shepherd, of Sheffield; nephew and ward of Ethel Shepherd, of Pitsmoor, Sheffield, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)  Deep in our hearts

He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Ph 2, P 240.

2 airmen from WEL BJ693 were buried in Esbjerg, and 1 in GERMANY.3 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 115 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * Vickers Wellington - Tangmere * Vickers Wellington.  
Wellington III BJ693 KO-J took off from RAF Marham at 19:58 on 14 SEP 1942.
(Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.) 6 airmen.