Serviceman

West Virginia Coslwood

815thHQ

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Army serial number: 37421082
Rank: T/Sgt (29 May 1944), T/Sgt (31 May 1944), Sgt (22 June 1944)
Sources: macr-crew, morning-report

Flags. known only from an OCR crew list; name may be misread

Aboard a lost aircraft

MACR 11543 · 42-102388 · 22 June 1944 · mission 34, 22 June 1944

Morning reports

3 entries, first 29 May 1944, last 31 May 1944; grades seen: 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.

1944-05-29 815th: T/Sgc Fr dy to sk in ars OFFICER FLD o a CAPT
1944-05-31 815th: Fr sk in qrs to dy
1944-05-29 HQ: Fr dy to SK in are OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT

National Archives pages: roll 474635095 p. 7, roll 474637097 p. 813, roll 474637097 p. 815

Statements, mentions and histories

29 more statements from MACR 11543 are on the loss record.

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