Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), after returning froma bombing raid on the Brescia marshalling yards in Northern Italy, Liberator collided with an RAF Wellington bomber KL355 from 70 Sqdn while circling Celone airfield to land, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KK302
Son of William Henry and Ida Millicent Stephens, of Kensington, Johannesburg. Born Kraal, Heidelberg District. A clerk with South African Railways by profession. His father also died in service in WW2