Serviceman

Gerald D Deede

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

17118693

Rank

CPL (25 October 1944), SGT (15 November 1944)

Hometown

FARGO ND

Also written

Gerald Deede

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 64

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• Charles R. Finlayson Crew · 840th

Missions placed on him

• mission 99, 4 October 1944 · Munich West · The Charles R. Finlayson crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 64)
• mission 112, 23 October 1944 · Pilsen · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report

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.

Awards

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Aboard a lost aircraft

• MACR 9319 · 42-102841 Shadrack · 23 October 1944 · mission 112, 23 October 1944

Morning reports

2 entries, first 28 September 1944, last 26 October 1944. 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.

• 1944-09-28 816th: Cpl Ralph R Stowe
• 1944-10-26 840th: Set

National Archives pages: roll 570165454 p. 296, roll 572487240 p. 2555

Statements, mentions and histories

• 10 more statements from MACR 9319 are on the loss record.