Serviceman
Barnes
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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
- 20480179
- Rank
- s/Sgt (11 December 1943), S/Sgt (17 December 1943), T/Sgt (10 April 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
6 entries, first 15 October 1943, last 10 April 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, T/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.
- 1943-10-15 HQ: S/Sgt. / Trfd to Gp Hq at 0600 OFFICER FLD o & CAPT
- 1943-12-17 815th: fr ration with Sq to Ration sep per par 23 so # 349 Hq AAB Mac Dill Fld dtd and eff 15 Dec 1943
- 1943-12-01 HQ: MAIN (10 days) to dy to 10 days fur
- 1943-12-11 HQ: Fur (10 days) to dy OFFICER FLD o a CAPT IST LT
- 1944-01-21 HQ: s/sgt 31 Aptd to pr of T/Sgt (Temp) per par 6 so 21 this Hg dtd 21 Jan 1944
- 1944-04-10 HQ: The above name KM fr dy to DS 99th Bomb Gp (H) AD
National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 787, roll 458052819 p. 979, roll 458052819 p. 990, roll 458053820 p. 68, roll 461010974 p. 657, roll 469769929 p. 308
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