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SHEARER, James M

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rank: F/Sgt
status: kifa
airforce: RAF    (no: 1387348 )
born: CAITHNESS Scotland

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Date of Death 1943-09-29
Age : 22 years.
Served in 601 Sqdn
VI. F. 11. at Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy.
SON OF DONALD MOWAT SHEARER AND JANE SHEARER, OF BROUGH, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.

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AIR 27/2071/25

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Armistice of Cassibile (Italians surrender) 1943-09-03
JF509 Eight Spit bomber escort over the toe of Italy. Road concentrations successfully fully attacked 1110 to 1215. 1943-09-04
ER192 Close escort to 24 Bostons bombing Dimami. 0750 to 0850 1943-09-05
JF509 Four Spit escort to rescue launch - west coast toe of Italy. 1943-09-05
JF701 Four a/c patrol Messina straits. 1943-09-06
ER502 Patrolled Pizzo area, to cover landings 0845 to 1025 1943-09-08
JF509 Patrolled Pizzo area covering landings. 1145 to 1330 1943-09-08
JF446 Patrolled Pizzo area 1715 to 1905 1943-09-08
MA330 Part of the Italian fleet consisting of 14 warships was escorted off the gulf of Squillace. 1943-09-09
ER192 Four spit, convoy patrol consisting of 1 battleship & 3 destroyers S.E of Cape Stilo to Capo Spartivento 1943-09-10
EP972 R.D.F test. No operational flying, test & practice flying made a total of 6 hours 35 minutes. 1943-09-16
JK654 18 spits throughout the day escorted H.M.S Warspite from toe of Italy to S.E Sicily. Airborne with F/O Matheson 1215 to 1340 1943-09-18
MA330 Practice flying, no operational flying carried out today. 1943-09-23
MA340 Local flying 1943-09-24
JK321 Hit obstruction and crashed. Please read picture above. 1943-09-29

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