Raymond W Shepard

Military

Object Number - UPL 28917 - Osmo Tahja and Ray Shepard

Ray Shepard served as a Private, Corporal and Sergeant with the 49th Pursuit Squadron, 14th Pursuit Group at Hamilton Field, March Army Air Base and North Island San Diego before this group was redesignated as the 78th Fighter Group. With the 78th he served as a crew cheif then a line chief with the 82nd Fighter Squadron, first out of Goxhill, and then Duxford, England.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-7888

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Luise then Hell's Angel
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

21 September 1939

Died

Mesa, Arizona, USA 26 May 2016

Born

Nebraska City, NE 68410, USA
Otoe, NE 68417, USA

Revisions

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Contributorclsspace
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Sources

Personal collection of Curtis Shepard

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ContributorLucy May
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https://www.fold3.com/page/83274797_raymond_w%20shepard/details/

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ContributorLucy May
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http://www.ulongbeach.com/82nd_groundcrew_photos.html
http://www.ulongbeach.com/TSGT_Shepard.html

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book 'Duxford Diary' by the Duxford Aviation Society, 1989 edition

Raymond W Shepard: Gallery (8 items)

Object number: UPL 28917 - Osmo Tahja and Ray Shepard

Object number: UPL 43480 - Major John Calderbank and Crew Chief T/Sgt...

Object number: UPL 43481 - T/Sgt. Raymond Shepard

Object number: UPL 43482 - "Big Wheels" Line Chiefs of the 82nd Fighter...

Object number: UPL 43496 - Corporal Raymond Shepard at Hamilton Airfield...

Object number: UPL 43497 - Work List for the 82nd Fighter Squadron Ground...

Object number: UPL 43498 - Technical Sergeant Raymond W. Shepard, 78th...

Object number: UPL 49097 - P-47 42-7888 'Luise' with S/Sgt's Raymond W...