Serviceman
Harry C. Crumley
Play his story on the map built from his record
- Army serial number
- 33265859
- Rank
- S/Sgt (23 June 1944), S/Sgt (31 July 1944), S/Sgt (4 August 1944), S/Sgt (16 September 1944)
- Hometown
- Dormont, PA
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 81, 103
- Sources
- heroes-book, morning-report
Crews
- John Jay Gorman Commanding Officer, co-pilot · 817th
- Henry Leon Hogan III Crew · 817th
Missions placed on him
- mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.
Morning reports
4 entries, first 23 June 1944, last 16 September 1944; grades seen: S/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.
- 1944-06-23 817th: s/Set
- 1944-07-31 817th: Moe Trygve (NMI) Cpl fr dy to DS Rest Camp Rome
- 1944-08-04 817th: fr DS Rest Camp Rome to duty
- 1944-09-16 817th: trfd to Repl Depot #7 Ltr:Orders: 15 AF 6 Sept 444
National Archives pages: roll 478080727 p. 375, roll 481431546 p. 836, roll 566192358 p. 2409, roll 570165454 p. 481
Statements, mentions and histories
- 1 more statement from MACR 7105 are on the loss record.
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