Serviceman
Ainsworth
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Known so far only from the squadron morning reports: a surname, an Army serial number and the clerk's spelling. A roster name has not yet been matched to him.
- Army serial number
- 15335360
- Rank
- Pvt (27 April 1944), Pvt (5 May 1944), Pfc (5 May 1944), Pvt (5 July 1944), Pvt (3 August 1944), Pvt (18 August 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
8 entries, first 15 December 1943, last 18 August 1944; grades seen: Pfc, Pvt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1943-12-15 817th: Pvt8 x
- 1944-01-31 817th: Pvt I
- 1944-04-27 840th: Dy to ID, 99th Bomb Go, APO 520. OFFICER FLD O & CAPT 1ST LT
- 1944-05-05 840th: Above EM rd to gr of Pvt, 3 May W4, per Par 3, so 72, Hg 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520.
- 1944-05-05 840th: TD to dy fr 99th Bomb Gp, APO 520. FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT
- 1944-07-05 HQ: 21 Reclassified fr 911 to 405 per auth of Gp Reclassification Board. OFFICER
- 1944-08-03 840th: Dy to fur (15 days).
- 1944-08-18 840th: Fur to dy.
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 207, roll 461010974 p. 848, roll 469123526 p. 726, roll 474640174 p. 58, roll 474640174 p. 60, roll 481433713 p. 481, roll 566195336 p. 1791, roll 566195336 p. 1823
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