Staff Sergeant Stanley A Shepherd

[keith A]

Presumably a soldier from the Glider Regiment? Murdered by German soldiers in 1945. He had been flying a Tempest when shot down by Dortenmann of JG26 in 1945. Can anyone tell me more of this pilot?

regards

Keith

[ghostwriter]

hello keith,

you know this:

Flown by Staff Sergeant Stanley A. Shepherd, 56th Squadron, B.80 Volkel/Netherlands, March 28, 1945.
This day Oberleutnant Dortenmann took of with a dozen Doras from IV/JG 26 and later bounced Tempests from the RAF No.56 Squadron. Two Tempest was claimed, one by Dortenmann and the another one by Uffz. Hein. In fact one Tempest was shot down, the victim was Staff Sergeant Stanley A Shepherd who crashed his machine near Schoonrewoerd in the Netherlands. Two locals approached the British pilot in order to hide him but the pilot refused as he wanted to return to the plane to get his gun. When he made his way back a group of German soldiers who were stationed at the nearby radar station arrived and Shepherd was arrested and later shot.

source: https://luftwaffeinprofile.se/Fw%201...20Tempest.html

add-on: https://www.backtonormandy.org/compo...4-4157163.html

and do you know the reason why he was murdered?


regards
ghost

[Col Bruggy]

Hello,

The airman was:

1587835 Sgt (Pilot) Stanley Arthur SHEPPARD RAFVR.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...tanley-arthur/

Col.

[ghostwriter]

col bruggy,

what does "K/A" in column (7) of the graves concentration report form mean?

is it the same as "KIA"?


thanks & best regards
ghostwriter

[keith A]

Just saw something in my initial query that I missed. He was not a Staff Sergeant which was the reason it gained my attention. The text is American and therefore RAF Sergeant is an equivalent of Staff Sergeant in US Army terms. An american Sergeant is the equivalent of a British corporal in Army terms.

regards

Keith