Benjamin Joseph Sheppard
MilitaryAssigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen, Czech in B-17 42-97739 9-Dec-44; Hit by flak, partial crew bale-out, crash landed near Linz, Austria. Baled out and captured. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10139
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 20th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13082008 / O-755803
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 20th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bridgeton, NJ | 21 March 1923 | Son of Ben G and Marion Lytle [Noss] Sheppard. |
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Enlisted |
Camden, NJ | 27 October 1942 | Camden, New Jersey |
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Other Baled out POW |
Linz, Austria | 9 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen, Czech in B-17 42-97739 9-Dec-44; Hit by flak, partial crew bale-out, crash landed near Linz, Austria. Baled out and captured. POW MACR 10139 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 9 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Edgmont Township, PA | 30 October 1957 | |
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Buried |
Old Stone Church Cemetery Fairton, NJ | Old Stone Church Cemetery Fairton, Cumberland County, NJ | |
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Based |
Amendola | 9 December 1944 | Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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