Richard Irvin Jeppe
Military
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UPL 54919
S/Sgt Richard I Jeppe, 467BG.
UPL 54754 cropped and repaired
Assigned to 789BS, 467BG, 8AF USAAF. 19 x combat missions.
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36466787
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pappy's Yokum
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Perfect Lady/ Dirty-Lil / Old Iron Pants
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Honey Wagon
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Silver Chief
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron 791st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Massillon Tiger
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 April 1945
- Date: 17 April 1945
- Date: 16 April 1945
- Date: 15 April 1945
- Date: 10 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Geneva, OH | 23 March 1924 | Son of Henry William and Anna Jeppe. |
Enlisted |
Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH | 29 September 1942 | Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio |
Died |
Baton Rouge, LA | 26 May 2015 | |
Buried |
Memorial Park Cemetery Memphis, Shelby County, TN | 29 May 2015 | Memorial Park Cemetery Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee |
Based |
Rackheath | Assigned to 789BS, 467BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Memphis, TN |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in Healy's book on 467th BG, 1993 edition