Serviceman
Downing
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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
- 12146777
- Rank
- Sgt (6 December 1943), Sgt (12 January 1944), Sgt (13 January 1944), Sgt (28 January 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
6 entries, first 31 October 1943, last 23 February 1944; grades seen: 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.
- 1943-10-31 HQ: Set
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Mack M Jarrott
- 1944-01-12 HQ: 32 853670 Shire (754) Pvt
- 1944-01-13 HQ: 32 853670 Shire (754) Pvt
- 1944-01-28 HQ: Dy to sk hosp, 27 Jan 44.
- 1944-02-23 840th: Sgt J Reld of dy & trfd to 88th Bomb Gp (H). Avon Park, Fla.
National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 825, roll 458053820 p. 264, roll 461010974 p. 878, roll 461010974 p. 906, roll 461012976 p. 741, roll 463205991 p. 785
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