Flight Sergant Royal Australian Air Force 400357
Posting on Death: 458 Squadron, Kabrit Egypt.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wellington DV676; Place - Egypt - 15 August 1942.
Crash Landed 15 Miles South of Minqar Zahr El Himar due to an Engine Failure when returning from a raid on Tobruk Harbour, 4 crew survived.
The crew members were;
SHAPIR Morris William - (Flight Sergeant) - 400357
Bond Jack Gordon – (Sergeant) – 400690 RAAF (Pilot)
Killed in an AIrcraft accident 18th Jul 1945. ( Ambon War Cemetery)
TAYLOR Alfred Allen– DFC (Sergeant) - 404306 - RAAF. Survived the crash & discharged from the RAAF 8th Feb 1955.
Efforts to locate the grave of Flt Sgt Shapir following the war failed.
Description of Group Photo.
Ishmalia, Egypt. C. 1942-06. Members of No. 458 Squadron RAAF. Left to right: 400357 Sergeant (Sgt, later Flight Sergeant) Morris William Shapir (lost on operations in the Middle East on 15 August 1942); US S/Sergeant J. R. Milleron; 404635 Sgt E. A. Jones; 402813 Sgt L. D. Watson; 404306 Sgt A. A. Taylor.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Caulfield Vic, also his name is located at panel 130 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Eleazer and Rosetta Blanche Shapir (8.11.1975)
of Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
Posting on Death: 458 Squadron, Kabrit Egypt.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wellington DV676; Place - Egypt - 15 August 1942.
Crash Landed 15 Miles South of Minqar Zahr El Himar due to an Engine Failure when returning from a raid on Tobruk Harbour, 4 crew survived.
The crew members were;
SHAPIR Morris William - (Flight Sergeant) - 400357
Bond Jack Gordon – (Sergeant) – 400690 RAAF (Pilot)
Killed in an AIrcraft accident 18th Jul 1945. ( Ambon War Cemetery)
TAYLOR Alfred Allen– DFC (Sergeant) - 404306 - RAAF. Survived the crash & discharged from the RAAF 8th Feb 1955.
Efforts to locate the grave of Flt Sgt Shapir following the war failed.
Description of Group Photo.
Ishmalia, Egypt. C. 1942-06. Members of No. 458 Squadron RAAF. Left to right: 400357 Sergeant (Sgt, later Flight Sergeant) Morris William Shapir (lost on operations in the Middle East on 15 August 1942); US S/Sergeant J. R. Milleron; 404635 Sgt E. A. Jones; 402813 Sgt L. D. Watson; 404306 Sgt A. A. Taylor.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Caulfield Vic, also his name is located at panel 130 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Eleazer and Rosetta Blanche Shapir (8.11.1975)
of Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
Flight Sergant Royal Australian Air Force 400357
Posting on Death: 458 Squadron, Kabrit Egypt.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wellington DV676; Place - Egypt - 15 August 1942.
Crash Landed 15 Miles South of Minqar Zahr El Himar due to an Engine Failure when returning from a raid on Tobruk Harbour, 4 crew survived.
The crew members were;
SHAPIR Morris William - (Flight Sergeant) - 400357
Bond Jack Gordon – (Sergeant) – 400690 RAAF (Pilot)
Killed in an AIrcraft accident 18th Jul 1945. ( Ambon War Cemetery)
TAYLOR Alfred Allen– DFC (Sergeant) - 404306 - RAAF. Survived the crash & discharged from the RAAF 8th Feb 1955.
Efforts to locate the grave of Flt Sgt Shapir following the war failed.
Description of Group Photo.
Ishmalia, Egypt. C. 1942-06. Members of No. 458 Squadron RAAF. Left to right: 400357 Sergeant (Sgt, later Flight Sergeant) Morris William Shapir (lost on operations in the Middle East on 15 August 1942); US S/Sergeant J. R. Milleron; 404635 Sgt E. A. Jones; 402813 Sgt L. D. Watson; 404306 Sgt A. A. Taylor.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Caulfield Vic, also his name is located at panel 130 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Eleazer and Rosetta Blanche Shapir (8.11.1975)
of Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
Posting on Death: 458 Squadron, Kabrit Egypt.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wellington DV676; Place - Egypt - 15 August 1942.
Crash Landed 15 Miles South of Minqar Zahr El Himar due to an Engine Failure when returning from a raid on Tobruk Harbour, 4 crew survived.
The crew members were;
SHAPIR Morris William - (Flight Sergeant) - 400357
Bond Jack Gordon – (Sergeant) – 400690 RAAF (Pilot)
Killed in an AIrcraft accident 18th Jul 1945. ( Ambon War Cemetery)
TAYLOR Alfred Allen– DFC (Sergeant) - 404306 - RAAF. Survived the crash & discharged from the RAAF 8th Feb 1955.
Efforts to locate the grave of Flt Sgt Shapir following the war failed.
Description of Group Photo.
Ishmalia, Egypt. C. 1942-06. Members of No. 458 Squadron RAAF. Left to right: 400357 Sergeant (Sgt, later Flight Sergeant) Morris William Shapir (lost on operations in the Middle East on 15 August 1942); US S/Sergeant J. R. Milleron; 404635 Sgt E. A. Jones; 402813 Sgt L. D. Watson; 404306 Sgt A. A. Taylor.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Caulfield Vic, also his name is located at panel 130 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Eleazer and Rosetta Blanche Shapir (8.11.1975)
of Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
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