In Memory Of
SHIPMAN, GAVIN D'ARCY
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
102521V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-10-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG875, 8 crew (1 RAF and 3 RAFVR), during Partisan supply drop in Northern Italy, crashed into mountain at Valprato Soana at night in poor weather
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave I. B. 14.
Cemetery:
MILAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Egbert Russell and Mary Emily Ann Shipman, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. Born Philippolis, Orange Free State. A miner. His brother also died on service
