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Sgt Joseph Shepherd
RAF(VR) mid upper gunner 514 Sqd.
from:Heywood, Lancashire, England
(d.31st Mar 1944)
Joseph Shepherd was the mid upper gunner of P/O Chitty's crew, he lost his life when Lancaster LL645 A2-R returned to Waterbeach on the 31st of March 1944. While attempting to go around after an aborted landing the aicraft struck the ground, ripping off the undercarrage. He was 19 years old and is buried in Heywood Cemetery, Lancashire.