Serviceman
Stephen Jaski
Play his story on the map built from his record
- Army serial number
- 16119266
- Rank
- Sgt (3 February 1944), SGT (14 June 1944), SSGT (20 June 1944), Sgt (18 July 1944)
- Hometown
- SAGINAW MI; Saginaw MI
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 86
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- Timothy A. Gunn Crew · 816th
Missions placed on him
- mission 1, 12 April 1944 · Split · The Timothy A. Gunn crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 86)
- mission 28, 2 June 1944 · Debrecen · The Timothy A. Gunn crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 86)
- mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report
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
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 1944 | Air Medal | 1037 | SGT |
| 14 June 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 1039 | SGT |
| 20 June 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 1214 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Aboard a lost aircraft
- MACR 7098 · 42-102422 Catfish · 18 July 1944 · mission 51, 18 July 1944
Morning reports
1 entry, first 3 February 1944, last 3 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.
- 1944-02-03 816th: above EM erronously promoted fr cpl to Sgt should read (six)
National Archives pages: roll 463205991 p. 645
Statements, mentions and histories
- 11 more statements from MACR 7098 are on the loss record.
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