Serviceman
Bratcher
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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
- 39678470
- Rank
- Pvt (15 December 1943), Pvt (1 January 1944), Pvt (11 January 1944), Pvt (23 January 1944), Pvt (25 January 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
5 entries, first 15 December 1943, last 25 January 1944; grades seen: Pvt. 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.
- 1943-12-15 HQ: FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT 20 LT wo
- 1944-01-23 816th: E fr dy to AWOL as of 0001 21 Jan FLD o a CAPT 1ST LT
- 1944-01-25 816th: F fr aljocks AWOL to dy 2400 24 Jan 44
- 1944-01-11 817th: Reld of dy & trfd to 816 th Bonb Sq (H) OFFICER FLD o & CAPT IST LT
- 1944-01-01 HQ: Fr fur to dy (14 Days). 31 Deo 43.
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 294, roll 461010974 p. 778, roll 461010974 p. 785, roll 461010974 p. 850, roll 461010974 p. 874
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