Serviceman
Baker
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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
- 20480177
- Rank
- S/Sgt (22 October 1943), S/Sgt (31 October 1943), S/Sgt (1 December 1943), s/sgt (15 February 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
5 entries, first 22 October 1943, last 1 March 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.
- 1943-10-22 HQ: Dy to sk in Hosp (LD) at 1000 FLD o a CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
- 1943-10-31 HQ: 2048026L Noggle (929) Sgt
- 1943-12-01 HQ: Above 3 EM fr dy to fur (10 Days each)
- 1944-02-15 840th: Sk heep to dy. 818th Bomb Sq (H). 483rd Bomb Gp (H), affective 15 Feb Wils without change in station, strength or assignment, redesignated as 840th Bomb Sq (H),
- 1944-03-01 840th: s/sgt 4J Reld of dy & trfd to 3AF Repl Depot, Plant Park, Tampa, Fla.
National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 807, roll 453519128 p. 824, roll 458053820 p. 237, roll 463205991 p. 772, roll 466093760 p. 427
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