John Shepherd (RAF officer)
John Shepherd, was a British flying ace who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with having shot down at least thirteen aircraft as well as seven V-1 flying bombs.
Pilots of No. 234 Squadron at Warmwell, July 1941
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV fighter of No. 610 Squadron, used during its campaign against the V-1 flying bomb
No. 610 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was a Squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force. Comprising very high quality pilots, often ex-RAF officers and occasionally locally based company Test pilots from companies such as de Havilland and Airwork, its pilots were initially part timers who would spend their weekends and spare time flying and practising combat manoeuvres. The squadron was named the "County of Chester" and adopted the motto "Alifero tollitur axe ceres"; which translates as "Ceres rising in a winged chariot", Ceres being the Roman Goddess of Wheat, a reference to Chester's Agricultural sector. Its badge contained the image of a garb.
Gloster Meteor T.7 of No. 610 Squadron in 1953 wearing the units black and white zigzag markings.