Serviceman

Anderson

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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: 17160550
Rank: Sgt (22 January 1944), S/Sgt (5 September 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name

Morning reports

3 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, 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.

1943-12-06 HQ: Crew P 2nd Lt. HENRY LEONSING.N III 0-26143 CP
1944-01-22 HQ: above 4 EM trfd in gr to 818th Bomb 3q as of 21 Jan 44.
1944-09-05 HQ: OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT IST LT 20 LT

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 41, roll 461010974 p. 777, roll 570165454 p. 2620

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