The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

William S. Bodnar

815thHQ

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number
36033901
Rank
S/Sgt (2 January 1944), S/Sgt (3 February 1944), T/Sgt (16 July 1944), T/Sgt (21 July 1944)
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 194
Sources
heroes-book, morning-report
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 36033901); verify

Crews

Morning reports

5 entries, first 2 January 1944, last 21 July 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, T/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.

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 672, roll 461010974 p. 724, roll 463205991 p. 590, roll 481431546 p. 170, roll 481431546 p. 178

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