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Alfred Shepherd [Australia]

Name:Alfred Seymour Shepherd
Country:Australia
Rank:Captain
Service:Royal Flying Corps
Squadrons:29
Victories:10
Born:13 April 1893
Place of Birth:New South Wales
Died:20 July 1917Killed In Action
Place of Death:Zonnebeke
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Military Cross (MC)

Notes
Enlisting on 8 September 1915, Shepherd served with the Australian Infantry before his transfer to the Royal Flying Corps on 23 October 1916. On 25 April 1917, he was posted to 29 Squadron as a Nieuport scout pilot, becoming a flight commander on 13 July 1917. Credited with ten confirmed victories, all of his victims flew the Albatros D.III. On the evening of 20 July 1917, Shepherd was killed in action when his Nieuport 23 was shot down by and Albatros D.V flown by Alfred Niederhoff of Jasta 11.

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