The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Harold R Biddix

816thHQreturned to duty

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Army serial number
34776513
Rank
Cpl (12 November 1944), TSGT (31 March 1945)
Hometown
Marion NC; Marion, NC
Also written
Harold Biddix
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 2, 140
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. serial 34776523 in morning reports differs by one digit from 34776513; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+initial (serial 34776523); verify

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
31 March 1945Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster1936TSGT

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

Aboard a lost aircraft

Morning reports

2 entries, first 16 December 1944, last 16 December 1944. 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.

National Archives pages: roll 579002584 p. 3674, roll 579002584 p. 3985

Statements, mentions and histories

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