Raymond W Shepard
Military
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UPL 28917
Osmo Tahja and Ray Shepard
Ray Shepard served as a Private, Corporal and Sergeant with the 49th Pursuit Squadron, 14th Pursuit Group at Hamilton Field, March Army Air Base and North Island San Diego before this group was redesignated as the 78th Fighter Group. With the 78th he served as a crew cheif then a line chief with the 82nd Fighter Squadron, first out of Goxhill, and then Duxford, England.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Luise then Hell's Angel
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
21 September 1939 | ||
Died |
Mesa, Arizona, USA | 26 May 2016 | |
Born |
Nebraska City, NE 68410, USA | ||
Otoe, NE 68417, USA |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book 'Duxford Diary' by the Duxford Aviation Society, 1989 edition