Serviceman

Vernon H. Delaney

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

36807798

Rank

S/Sgt (26 October 1944), S/Sgt (2 November 1944)

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 81, 190

Sources

heroes-book, morning-report

Crews

• John Jay Gorman Commanding Officer · 817th
• Maurice Raffel Crew, tail gunner · 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
• mission 53, 22 July 1944 · Ploesti · Listed with the Maurice Raffel crew, which flew it per its history (p. 190); 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

3 entries, first 19 July 1944, last 2 November 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.

• 1944-07-19 816th: 6. HBA this Gp per VOCG 5th Vg (US) of 19 July 44 fol combat crew is further asgd to 816th Bomb Sq: A AC.20
• 1944-10-26 817th: Above 11 Os 10 EM fr duty to DS Rest Camp Rome
• 1944-11-02 817th: W/Sgt

National Archives pages: roll 481432547 p. 158, roll 572487240 p. 485, roll 576472397 p. 3583