Ray Edward Sheppard
Military
Rear L-R :- Chardi (P), Beall (B), Pohl(N), House (CP)
Front: Order unknown - Sgt's Robert Jackson (TG), Ernest Lacross (WG), Ray Sheppard (ENG), John Leonard (WG), James Magruder (BTG)
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 56652 - Chardi crew. 447BG Rear L-R :- Chardi (P), Beall (B), Pohl(N), House (CP) Front: Order unknown - Sgt's Robert Jackson (TG), Ernest Lacross (WG),...
Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by flak and crashed E of Saarbrucken en-route to the target Regensburg on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 42-31431. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2891
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742285
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Port Arthur, TX | 5 October 1920 | Son of Robert Sr and Darcian [Hebert] Sheppard. |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 4 March 1941 | Houston, Texas |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 25 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. | ||
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Based |
Rattlesden | 25 February 1944 | Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Groves, TX |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2891 / MACR 2891, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database