Serviceman

Kenneth Bishop

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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: 0354551
Rank: Maj (21 September 1943), Maj (21 December 1943), Maj (23 December 1943), Maj (29 December 1943)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name

Morning reports

5 entries, first 21 September 1943, last 1 January 1944; grades seen: Maj. 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.

1943-09-21 HQ: Aptd GP Postal o in add to prine dy
1943-12-21 HQ: Hosp to dy
1943-12-23 HQ: Aptd Gp Personal Affairs 0 in add to prine dy
1943-12-29 HQ: Aptd Comdg 0 of Hg Det in add to princ dv
1944-01-01 HQ: Maj D H Per GO 1 par 1 Hq Det the above 0 asenmas command of Hq Det (Auth: Par 11 so 0 62 483rd

National Archives pages: roll 458052819 p. 1000, roll 458053820 p. 2, roll 458053820 p. 9, roll 458053820 p. 10, roll 461010974 p. 637

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