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Originally Posted by Alex Smart
Hello Peter,
This may help ?
CWGC website have lists for this day, So to start with I came up with F/O.McKenzie Reeves,403 (Canadian) Sqdn (Spitfire SM302) MIA. He is at rest at Nederweert War Cemetery.
Another loss was a 56 Sqdn (Tempest NV973 "B") MIA. Sgt. S.A. Shepherd (+).
A third was from 274 Sqdn (Tempest EJ887) MIA. F/O. D.L.Boyd (safe).
Another was from 264 Sqdn, (Mosquito MM493 "PS-T" ) F/O. Alex Recina (+). At rest Lesquin Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. The second crewman was recorded as injured /safe but remains un-named as yet.
RAF Mustang losses:
126 Sqdn ( F/Lt. B.W. Sharpe (+) KH489 "O")
154 Sqdn ?
I found a 154 Sqdn Mustang loss for the 29th but nothing for the 28th. The 29th loss was KH697, W/O. Arthur STANDRIN (+), at rest at Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany.
USAAF 9th AAF losses were 5 P-47 MIA's, they were:
44-20272 - 367 FG - 1Lt. Silas P. BECK - MACR 13623 (+).
42-29126 - 368 FG - 2Lt. Thomas T. LAYDEN - MACR 13621 (+).
44-33205 - 368 FG - 1Lt. George L. BAUER - MACR 13622 (+).
42-28289 - 373 FG - 1Lt. James D. ALLAN - MACR 13525 (POW).
42-28887 - 406 FG - 2Lt. Vern Jerome HENDERSHOTT - MACR 13526 (POW).
Ref for the above details is "Fighter CommandWar Diaries - July 44 to May 45" by John Forman, 9th AAF losses lists P47 Lists on line and Air Britain's RAF serial numbers
Alex
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This can be the only one possible...
SHEPPARD, STANLEY ARTHUR
Rank:SergeantTrade:PilotService No:1587835Date of Death:28/03/1945Age:21Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 56 Sqdn. Grave Reference21. F. 15.Cemetery
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Additional Information:
Son of Arthur Wallace Sheppard and Gladys Sheppard, of Ashton, Bristol.
He was a pilot. He was alone so no Mosquitos involved.
56 Squadron seems logical,
I will dig deeper.