Serviceman

Anttila

815thHQ

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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: 36188705
Rank: Cpl (14 December 1943), Sgt (1 May 1944), S/Sgt (24 July 1944), S/Sgt (2 August 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

4 entries, first 14 December 1943, last 2 August 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.

1943-12-14 HQ: 13 day fur to dy
1944-05-01 815th: Fr dy to SD with Gp Hq (Above 3 EM)
1944-07-24 815th: Fr dy to DS with Hq 5th Wg
1944-08-02 815th: Fr DS with Hq 5th Wg to SD with Gp Hq

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 59, roll 474637097 p. 777, roll 481431546 p. 184, roll 566192358 p. 2176

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