Wendell Jay Shepard
Military
L-R: Wendell J Shepard, Clement C Budelman, Howard W "Cotton" Lawson, Benjamin H St John, Orvin Verle Taylor, Warren John Prosperi .
Object Number - UPL 44093 - A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 19 November 1943. L-R: Wendell J...
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Hoverkamp crew. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt 29-Jan-44; shot down; crashed Chenogne, near Sibret, 7km SW of Bastogne, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2873.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12158157
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16057178 / O-678773
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32449359
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37212529
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Manchester, Connecticut, USA | 1 January 1923 | Son of Beulah M Shepard. |
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Enlisted |
Rutland, VT | 12 June 1942 | Rutland, Vermont |
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Other Evaded |
Chenogne, Belgium | 29 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt 29-Jan-44; shot down; crashed Chenogne, near Sibret, 7km SW of Bastogne, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2873 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 29 January 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
26 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
South Burlington, VT | 22 December 2001 | |
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Buried |
Lakeview Cemetery Burlington, Chittenden County, VT | 26 December 2001 | Lakeview Cemetery Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 29 January 1944 | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28746283
https://www.fold3.com/image/638860183
https://www.fold3.com/record/822301-wendell-j-shepard
https://www.fold3.com/record/83393094-wendell-j-shepard
https://www.fold3.com/record/625938871-wendell-shepard-1923
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36822314/wendell-j_-shepard
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2873 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database