Inscription
566529 SERGEANT
E.E. SHEPPERD
PILOT, ROYAL AIR FORCE
18TH OCTOBER 1940 AGE 23
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Further Information
CWGC record ...
Son of Mrs Ada Kate Sheppard of 3 Chapel Road, Binstead and the late Joseph Edmund Shepperd
Sgt Shepperd was born in Binstead, and educated in Binstead and Ryde, where he was said to excel both academically and
athletically, being a keen tennis player. He joined the R.A.F. as an apprentice in 1935, and served on a number of overseas stations.
During the Battle of Britain, as a Sergeant Pilot with 152 Sqn, he was credited with the destruction of an Me109 on 25 July 1940, two Junkers 88 aircraft
on the 12 August 1940, and 7 October 1940; and a Junkers 87 Stuka on the 18 August 1940.
He was killed instantly when his Spitfire (serial R6607) crashed (cause unknown) as he was returning to his base at RAF Warmwell, Dorset.
He was buried next to his father, who died during the First World War.
Information provided by John Bloodworth
