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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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152 Squadron Spitfire I K9999 P/O. Douglas Clayton Shepley

Operation: Patrol

Date: 21st August 1940 (Wednesday)

Unit: No. 152 Squadron (Hyderabad) (motto: 'Faithful Ally')

Type: Spitfire I

Serial: K9999

Code: UM-?

Base: RAF Warmwell, Dorset

Location: English Chanel

Pilot: P/O. Douglas Clayton Shepley 33464 RAF Age 20. Missing - believed killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

During a patrol south of the Isle of Wright he was shot down by JU 88 NKG, at 12:20 hrs. his body was never recovered.

During the same engagement 29 year old, Fl/Lt. Latham Carr Withall 39361 flying Spitfire P9456 was also lost under the same circumstances.

Burial details:

P/O. Douglas Clayton Shepley. Runnymede Memorial. Panel 10. Born on the 14th July 1918 at Carlton-in-Lindrick. Son of John Thorpe and Lillie Emily Shepley, of Holmesfield, Derbyshire and husband of Frances Ethel Shepley (née Linscott). The parents lost 2 other children during the war. 25 year old, Jeanne Shepley W/3500 ATS on the 17th October 1939 when the SS Yorkshire was torpedoed. 28 year old, Fl/Lt. George Rex Shepley DFC 37577 RAFO 16 squadron, when on the 31st May 1940 he was shot down by mistake by Spitfires.

Fl/Lt. Latham Carr Withall. Runnymede Memorial. Panel 10. Born on the 25th May 1911 in Toodyay. Son of Latham (died 23rd March 1971) and Mabel Withall (died 29th May 1969) of Brighton, Victoria, Australia and husband of Beryl Ethel Withall, of Ealing, Middlesex, England.

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of these pilots with thanks to sources as quoted below:

KTY 07-01-2022

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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