Herbert Ives Shingler Jr.
b. 26 March 1918, d. 2 April 1959
- Herbert Ives Shingler Jr. was born on 26 March 1918 in Georgia.
- The following appeared on 22 June 1941 in the Macon Telegraph & News: Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pegues of Fort Warren, Wyoming, announce the engagement of their daughter, Frances, to Lt. Herbert I. Shingler of Ashburn, Ga., now stationed at McDill Field, Tampa, Fla.
- He married Frances Ouida Pegues, daughter of Claude Wynne Pegues and Frances I. Humphries, on 27 July 1941 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, at the Riverside Park Methodist Church.
- The following appeared on 31 August 1941 in the Macon Telegraph & News: (Ashburn, Aug. 2) Miss Frances Ouida Pegues of Tampa, Fla., became the bride of Lt. Herbert Ives Shingle Jr., of Ashburn, Sunday afternoon, July 27, at the Riverside Park Methodist church in Jacksonville, Fla.
Lieutenant Shingler had his cousin, Henry McKenzie of Ashburn, as best man. His other attendants were Lieutenant Northington, Lieutenant Passage and Lieutenant Heffner, all of MacDill Field, Tampa, Fla., and Albert Humphries of Jacksonville, Florida.
Mrs. Dean Northington was matron of honor.
The bridesmaids were Miss Betty Shingler of Ashburn; Miss Virginia Smalley of Tampa; Miss Virginia Paull of Atlanta and Miss Peggy Jean Pegues, sister of the bride. Margaret Ann Humphries was flower girl.
Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Pegues entertained at an alfresco reception at the home of Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Humphries, grandparents of the bride.
Lieutenant Shingler and his bride left for a wedding trip, after which they will reside at 517 Columbia Drive, Davis Island, Tampa, Fla. - The following appeared on 20 March 1943 in the Macon Telegraph & News: (Ashburn, March 19) Major Herbert I. Shingler Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Shingler of Ashburn, was recently promoted from the rank of captain.
Major Shingler, stationed with the Army Air Corps in North Africa, is a graduate of Randolph and Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. He was at MacDill, Tampa, Fla., prior to leaving for overseas duty July, 1942. His wife, the former Miss Frances Pegues, resides in Tampa, Fla. - The following appeared on 28 November 1943 in the Macon Telegraph & News: (Ashburn, Nov. 27) Lt. Col. Herbert Shingler Jr., who has been in North Africa as the commander of a heavy bombardment group, is in Ashburn visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Shingler Sr. His wife, who lives in Tampa, Fla., is in Ashburn with him.
Lt. Col. Shingler has been in Africa for sixteen months. He has received many awards in foreign service for his leadership and devotion to duty. For his brilliant participation in the historic aerial raid on Ploesti he was recently awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. - The following appeared on 5 June 1950 in the Omaha Evening World-Herald: Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Herbert I. Shingler, Jr., entertained 25 guests at a buffet supper Saturday evening at their home in Bellevue. The party honored Mrs. Shingler's mother, Mrs. Frances Pegues of Jacksonville, Fla., and her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn E. Yates of Macon, Ga. The visitors will leave Wednesday for their homes.
- Herbert Ives Shingler Jr. died on 2 April 1959 at age 41 in Idaho.
- He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.
- The following appeared on 3 April 1959 in The Arizona Republic: (Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho) Four men died yesterday when a B-47 Stratojet bomber crashed in southwestern Idaho.
There were no survivors.
Authorities said the sleek bomber left Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson on a training mission at 7:15 a.m. yesterday.
It crashed at noon in a sagebrush field about 8 miles from the runway here in an attempt to make an emergency landing.
Davis-Monthan AFB identified the four killed as:
Colonel Herbert I. Shingler, Jr., 41, commander of 43rd Bomb Wing and native of Ashburn, Ga; survived by widow, Frances, two sons, and a daughter.
Captain Charles A. Walker, 39, Newton, Kan., navigator, survived by widow, Lavonne E., and two sons.
Captain James R. Hartley, Jr., 32, Wakefield, R. Il, survived by widow, Edith Lee, son and daughter, father, James Hartley, Wakefield.
First Lt. Oscar B. Tucker, Jr., 29, pilot, survived by widow, Arteenis, daughter, and father, Oscar B. Tucker, Sr., Stonega, Va. - The following appeared on 3 April 1959 in the Tucson Daily Citizen: Col. Herbert I. Shingler Jr., 41, commander of the 43rd Bomb Wing who was killed in a B47 crash yesterday, first reported to Davis-Monthan AFB in June, 1957.
At that time he was deputy commander of the wing and a year later, June 1, 1958, he assumed command of the 43rd Bomb Wing.
Col. Shingler was first commissioned at Kelly Field, Tex., in August, 1940, and his first assignment was to the 29th Bomb Group at MacDill AFB, Fla., as a crew member on a B18 bomber.
He was then a B24 instructor and went overseas to the Middle East as a squadron operations officer with the 415th Bomb Squadron of the 98th Bomb Group.
In 1943 he was inspector general at MacDill and chief of supply there until 1946. In 1947 he was base commander at Grenier AFB, Manchester, N.H.
Later, in 1947 and until 1954, he was chief of supply with the Strategic Air Command and later director of materiel in the United Kingdom.
From 1955, until coming to Davis-Monthan, he was director of materiel for the 4070th Support Wing at March AFB, Calif., and wing commander there.
He had been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, a Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf cluster and the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf clusters in addition to other citations.
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