The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Edgar Braddock

817th815th

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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
6387045
Rank
S/Sgt (23 November 1943), S/Sgt (3 December 1943), T/Sgt (22 June 1944), T/Sgt (4 August 1944), T/Sgt (17 August 1944)
Sources
morning-report
Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name

Morning reports

8 entries, first 23 November 1943, last 17 August 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 456415616 p. 732, roll 458053820 p. 24, roll 461010974 p. 671, roll 478080727 p. 346, roll 478080727 p. 371, roll 566192358 p. 2409, roll 566192358 p. 2433

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