Sheils, Joseph Desmond
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Joseph Desmond |
Surname | Sheils |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-10-1940 |
Next of Kin | Husband of Kathleen Dorothy Sheils, of Mill Hill. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | P1271 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Mill Hill (St. Paul) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 96 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 741808 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 16 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Churchyard, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the memory of British and Commonwealth Pilots and Aircrew of No. 16 OTU Bomber Command RAF Upper Heyford |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/3698 (P355337/40) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-10-1940 |
End Date | 08-10-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Upper Heyford |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- instrument flying practice |
Reason for Loss | Emerged from cloud in a dive and broke up over farmland in Gloucester |