Serviceman
Harry English
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- Army serial number
- 33325929
- Rank
- S/Sgt (8 November 1943), TSGT (14 June 1944), TSGT (6 July 1944), TSGT (1 August 1944), TSGT (6 September 1944)
- Hometown
- DREXEL HILL PA; Drexel Hill PA
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 14
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- Lamar P. Bentley Crew · 840th
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 1944 | Air Medal | 1048 | TSGT |
| 6 July 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 1603 | TSGT |
| 6 July 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 1607 | TSGT |
| 1 August 1944 | Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster | 2248 | TSGT |
| 6 September 1944 | Air Medal, 4th oak leaf cluster | 3149 | TSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
9 entries, first 8 November 1943, last 14 September 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.
- 1943-10 HQ: = = 11 11
- 1943-10 HQ: If 11 11 11
- 1943-11-08 HQ: Above 3 EM fr DS AAFTTC Orlando Fla to dy as per MOS FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT
- 1943-12-06 HQ: S Sgt Horace J Wallace
- 1943-12-06 HQ: S Sgt Horace J Wallace
- 1944-02-03 HQ: S/Sgt3 /
- 1944-06-22 840th: By Order of Colonel BARTON: WILLIAM T KANE 1Lt, Air Corps Actg Adjutant
- 1944-06-22 840th: By Order of Colonel BARTON: WILLIAM T KANE 1Lt, Air Corps Actg Adjutant
- 1944-09-14 HQ: T/Sgt 3K Reld of dy & to Repl Depot #7, APO 782, per Par 1, Subj Orders, Hq 15th AF, dtd 11 Sept 44. ******
National Archives pages: roll 452798688 p. 20, roll 452798688 p. 226, roll 456415616 p. 828, roll 458053820 p. 37, roll 458053820 p. 264, roll 463208994 p. 539, roll 478080727 p. 251, roll 478081728 p. 900, roll 570165454 p. 2633
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