Serviceman

Merle W. Black

817thco-pilot

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Army serial number: 0818818
In the book: Heroes of the 483rd, p. 35
Sources: heroes-book, morning-report

Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 0818818); verify another record shares the name Black, Merle W. (units HQ, 817th, serials None, 0818818); may be the same man

Crews

James D. Clark Crew and Wallace M. Boggs Crew, co-pilot · 817th

Morning reports

3 entries, first 9 June 1944, last 5 September 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.

1944-06-09 817th: 2Lt
1944-08-20 817th: 2Lt aptd 1st Lt AUS 11 Aug 444 SO 224 par 8 Hq XVAF
1944-09-05 817th: 1Lt

National Archives pages: roll 478080727 p. 344, roll 566192358 p. 2441, roll 570165454 p. 466

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