Franklin J Shepherd
Military
Standing left to right:
Lawrence Warner - Pilot
Charles Ivory - Co-pilot
Richard Robertson - Bombardier
Franklin Shepherd - Navigator
Arthur Schappert - Flight Engineer
Kneeling left to right:
Leonard Stemple - Gunner
Robert Boose - Radio Operator
Robert Hiers - Gunner
John Mason - Tail Gunner
William Rice - Gunner John B Mason Collection
Shared with the American Air Museum by John B Mason's nephew, Kevin Mason.
See also: http://www.458bg.com/crewwarner
Object Number - UPL 24190 - Lawrence Warner's crew of the 752nd Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group. Standing left to right: Lawrence Warner - Pilot Charles Ivory -...
FJS participated in the D-DAY assault rising at 2am and in the air over France by 5:30 flying at tree top level towards their targets. He flew a total of 30 combat missions over Germany and at one point had to parachute out of a damaged aircraft but was rescued by partisans of the resistance and made his way back to Ipswich, England. He spent time in three different B-24's hitting U-boat pens in Kiel, ball-bearing factories in Magedeburg and Frankfurt as well as V-1 missile launch sites.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Queen Bee, Lorraine
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 513th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hazard, Kentucky | 12 December 1917 | |
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Buried |
Highland Cemetery | Ypsilanti, Michigan |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
