Ancil U Shepherd

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the upper body is visible UPL 60871 UPL 60871 Sgt. Ancil U. Shepherd, 750th BS, 457th BG. Netherlands American Cemetery. Wall of the Missing

https://457thbombgroupassoc.org/netherlands-american-cemetery/

Object Number - UPL 60871 - Sgt. Ancil U. Shepherd, 750th BS, 457th BG. Netherlands American Cemetery. Wall of the Missing

Shot down 7 October 1944 in B-17 #44-8046. Killed in Action (KIA).



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-8046

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

7 October 1944

Born

Sweetwater, Tennessee, USA

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands (Wall of the Missing)

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 7 October 1944

Revisions

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Sources

https://457thbombgroupassoc.org/netherlands-american-cemetery/

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Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster, MACR 9767, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9767 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the upper body is visible

Object number: UPL 60871 - Sgt. Ancil U. Shepherd, 750th BS, 457th BG...