{"id":5668,"date":"2020-09-10T08:45:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T08:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5668"},"modified":"2021-03-08T13:49:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T13:49:54","slug":"shenfield-james-david","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/shenfield-james-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Shenfield, James David"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">James David Shenfield<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Leading Aircraftman, 41 Air School, South Africa<br>Service number 1384353<br>Died 1 Feb 1942<br>Buried East London (East Bank) Cemetery, South Africa<br>Age 32<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>James was born Judah Shanfeld on 22 December 1909 to Romanian born parents Abraham and Yetta nee Altman and he had five siblings. Their father Abraham worked as a tailors presser and died in 1932. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James married Jean Goldser in Stepney, London in April 1934 and their daughter Marianne was born in 1939. The 1939 Register states that James was working as a master printer in Hackney and his wife and child were living in Hemel Hempstead on the night of the registration.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James was training as an observer in South Africa when he was killed. He was onboard Anson 1212 which departed from SAAF Collondale on a photographic pin pointing training exercise. The aircraft collided with Anson 3164\u00a0and crashed on Cove Rock Road killing all five crew. Anson 3134 landed safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew killed were:<br>2nd Lieutenant, Charles Peter David, SAAF, 103953<br>P\/O, Douglas Ian Fraser, RAAF, 402498<br>LAC, Edward Portnell, 1046323<br>LAC, Thomas Edward Denis Tighe, RAAF, 401472<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-1-700x980.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-1-700x980.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-1-250x350.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-1-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-1-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-1-120x168.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-1-scaled.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Photo provided by The War Graves Photographic Project \u00a92021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-2-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-2-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-2-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-2-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shenfield-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>East London (East Bank) Cemetery, South Africa. <br>Photo provided by The War Graves Photographic Project \u00a92021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1911-Census-Shinefield-700x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1911-Census-Shinefield-700x411.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1911-Census-Shinefield-250x147.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1911-Census-Shinefield-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1911-Census-Shinefield-1536x902.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1911-Census-Shinefield-2048x1203.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1911-Census-Shinefield-120x70.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>1911 Census<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James David Shenfield Leading Aircraftman, 41 Air School, South AfricaService number 1384353Died 1 Feb 1942Buried East London (East Bank) Cemetery, South AfricaAge 32 James was born Judah Shanfeld on 22 December 1909 to Romanian born parents Abraham and Yetta nee Altman and he had five siblings. 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