Joseph Willard Shepherd
Military
B-17 Pilot
30 Combat Missions William Isaacson
William Edward Isaacson
Son in Law
My wife’s Father
Object Number - UPL 55477 - 1st Lt Joseph Willard Shepherd B-17 Pilot 30 Combat Missions
Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: You Cant Miss! (cahnt)
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Belle of the Brawl
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cap'n and his kids
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
3 April 1922 | ||
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Enlisted |
Provo, UT | 11 June 1942 | Provo, Utah |
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Other Marriage |
1 March 1945 | Married Lois G Pierce. | |
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Died |
1 March 1983 | ||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Levan Cemetery Levan, Juab County, UT | 4 March 1983 | Levan Cemetery Levan, Juab County, Utah |
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Based |
Thurleigh | Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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