Serviceman

Lamar P Bentley

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Army serial number

0740032

Rank

2nd Lt (26 October 1943), 1stLt (7 November 1943), 1st Lt (29 November 1943), 1LT (14 June 1944), 1st Lt (30 June 1944), 1LT (6 July 1944), CAPT (24 August 1944), Capt (5 September 1944)

Hometown

TAKOMA WA; Takoma WA; Tacoma WA

Also written

Lamar Bentley

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 14

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• Lamar P. Bentley Crew, pilot · 840th

Awards

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

Morning reports

8 entries, first 26 October 1943, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: 1st Lt, 1stLt, 2nd Lt, Capt. 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 HQ: " 11 " "
• 1943-10 HQ: " " = "
• 1943-10-26 HQ: 2nd Lit Above 5 0 on DS Orlando Fla auth 10 da delay en rt to jn new sta 0855147 Cohen (0200)
• 1943-11-07 HQ: Above 4 0 fr auth mil ap travel to new sta to dy as per MOS
• 1943-11-29 HQ: Reclassifi led fr 1024 to 2161 by order of CO
• 1944-01-12 HQ: 1091 Brooks 2 Lt. 026156
• 1944-06-30 840th: 026156 Brooks 1st Lt Above o promoted fr 1st Lt to Capt per Par
• 1944-09-05 HQ: Above 0 & EM reld of dy & trfd to Repl Depot #7, per Subject Orders, Hq 15th AF, APO 520, dtd 24 Aug 44. 025921

National Archives pages: roll 452798688 p. 20, roll 452798688 p. 226, roll 453519128 p. 817, roll 456415616 p. 826, roll 456415616 p. 868, roll 461012976 p. 741, roll 478083643 p. 52, roll 570165454 p. 2620