Serviceman

DeBow

815th

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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: 1550570
Rank: 2nd Lt (24 January 1944), 1st Lt (27 September 1944), 1st Lt (1 October 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

5 entries, first 13 January 1944, last 1 October 1944; grades seen: 1st Lt, 2nd Lt. 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.

1944-01-13 815th: 2nd Lit dy to 11 day lv
1944-01-24 815th: 11 day lv to dy
1944-01-29 815th: 1st Lt F 1 promoted fr 2nd Lt to 1st Lt eff 26 Jan 44 WD so 22 Par 16 (AUS)
1944-09-27 815th: T/Set
1944-10-01 815th: Above < 0 and 6 EM fr # TD at Rome Rest Camp to du

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 700, roll 461010974 p. 721, roll 461010974 p. 726, roll 570165454 p. 290, roll 572483765 p. 3395

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