The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Stuart C Irish

815threturned to duty

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Army serial number
31339317
Rank
Cpl (24 July 1944), CAPT (15 August 1944), SGT (14 September 1944), S/Sgt (21 September 1944), S/Sgt (23 September 1944), S/Sgt (7 October 1944)
Hometown
WAREHOUSE POINT CT; Enosburg Falls VT; Enosburg Falls, VT
Also written
Stuart Irish
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 150, 184
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. serial 31339311 in morning reports differs by one digit from 31339317; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 31339311); verify

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
15 August 19442OLC2562CAPT
14 September 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster3391SGT

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

Aboard a lost aircraft

Morning reports

4 entries, first 24 July 1944, last 7 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.

National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 183, roll 570165454 p. 278, roll 570165454 p. 283, roll 572483765 p. 3403

Statements, mentions and histories

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