The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Earl K Allison

840thHQco-pilot

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Army serial number
19160020
Rank
S/Sgt (3 January 1944), s/Sgt (12 January 1944), s/Sgt (13 January 1944), SSGT (14 June 1944), SSGT (6 July 1944), SSGT (10 July 1944), TSGT (29 August 1944)
Hometown
GARBERVILLE CA; Humboldt, Garberville CA; Shreveport LA
Also written
Earl Allison
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 14
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 19160020); verify

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 June 1944Air Medal1048SSGT
6 July 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster1603SSGT
6 July 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster1607SSGT
10 July 1944Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster1744SSGT
29 August 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster2937TSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

9 entries, first 12 November 1943, last 14 August 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, s/Sgt. 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.

National Archives pages: roll 452798688 p. 20, roll 452798688 p. 226, roll 456415616 p. 833, roll 458053820 p. 37, roll 458053820 p. 264, roll 461010974 p. 853, roll 461010974 p. 878, roll 461012976 p. 741, roll 566195336 p. 1813

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