Serviceman

James A Gagnon

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

31267322

Rank

CPL (12 August 1944), SSGT (1 October 1944), SSGT (14 November 1944), S/Sgt (22 November 1944)

Hometown

Derry NH; DERRY NH

Also written

James Gagnon

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 173, 218

Sources

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

Crews

• Robert A. Olson Crew · 817th
• Russell H. Simons Crew · 817th

Missions placed on him

• mission 74, 22 August 1944 · Odertal · Listed with the Robert A. Olson crew, which flew it per its history (p. 173); 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.

Awards

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

Morning reports

3 entries, first 19 July 1944, last 22 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: Cpl Robert E Gregory
• 1944-07-19 817th: Cpl Robert E Gregory
• 1944-11-22 817th: Shindledecker Arthur E 612 S/Sgt Above 5 Os 11 EM relvd fr asget and asgd to Repl Depot 7 per auth: Ltr:Subj: Orders: 15 AF dtd 18 November We

National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 381, roll 481432547 p. 158, roll 576472397 p. 3610