Amos W. Shepard

Amos W. Shepard, 93, a longtime resident of East Haddam, died at 2:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, at Middlesex Hospital, after a prolonged illness. Born April 1, 1916, in Winchester, Mass., he served with distinction as a USAF bomber pilot during World War II in the 457th Bomb Group. His plane was shot down over Gydnia, Poland, on April 9, 1944; Lt. Shepard parachuted and was a POW until the war ended.

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