Serviceman

John W. Dorsey

817th

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Army serial number: 0694654
Hometown: Erlanger, KY
In the book: Heroes of the 483rd, p. 81, 103, 269
Sources: heroes-book, morning-report

Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 0694654); verify another record shares the name Dorsey, John W. (units HQ, 817th, serials None, 0694654); may be the same man possible duplicate: Dorey, John L (817th; sources 483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report)

Crews

John Jay Gorman Commanding Officer · 817th
Henry Leon Hogan III Crew · 817th
Fred Ordway Wickham, Jr. 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

2 entries, first 23 June 1944, last 4 November 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.

1944-06-23 817th: 2Lt
1944-11-04 817th: 1Lt aptd Capt AUS par 12 SO 307 15th AF 2 Nov We

National Archives pages: roll 478080727 p. 375, roll 576472397 p. 3586

Photographs naming him

Newsletter 202003, page 2 photograph (5 scans) · view at 15thaf.org

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Statements, mentions and histories

840 5/19/2019 Guy Venier (OBIT) Chubbs, Harold J 816 10/30/2019 Sandee Maeda Dano, Lee E 816 3/6/2007 Guy Venier (OBIT) Dorsey, John W "Jay" 817 1/26/2020 Guy Venier (OBIT) Fairbanks, Arthur F 815 4/19/2019 Guy Venier (OBIT) Hamman, Raymond R 840 2/11/2020 Jay Clifton Penrose, Allen E 815 2/
Dorsey, John W. in newsletter 202003, page 2. 483rd BG Association newsletter, quoted with credit. read the newsletter

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