Ira Trevor Shepard
MilitaryTheresa Gannaway, daughter, living in South East of England and inspired by viewing of B-17 at Duxford.
Ira was from Frazeysburg, Ohio. He was born in 1917 and joined the Army Air Force on 12 Dec 1942. He wanted to fly fighters, but when found to be color blind, he trained instead as a navigator on the B17 bomber. He arrived in England on 27th February 1945 and left on 9th April 1947. As he was trained as a radar observer bombardier, he is likely to have been assigned an H2X radar equipped bomber, which facilitated bombing raids in conditions of low visibility. He was involved in numerous bombing missions over Germany and his Certificate of Service lists the following battles and campaigns: Rhineland, Central Europe and Air Combat.
Awards: AM, ACM, EAME with three campaign stars, WW II Victory Medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
9 February 1917 | ||
Died |
14 November 2007 | ||
Buried |
South Florida National Cemetery Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida SECTION 37C SITE 148 |
Revisions
Added to awards and bio section.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45160185/ira-trevor-shepard
Mainly Ira Trevor Shepard's military record (in family possession) with some detail from discussions he had with his children. Text provided by his daughter, Theresa Gannaway, who lives in the South of England.
Link added to family photograph by Ira T Shepard's daughter, Theresa Gannaway
Certificate of Service (supplied by his daughter, Theresa Gannaway) and family photographs.
Source: Ira's Certificate of Service (provided by daughter, Theresa Gannaway) and family photographs.
Provided by daughter, Theresa Gannaway, from Ira's Certificate of Service and family photographs.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Snetterton Falcons, pg 246