Serviceman
Kingsley Jones
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- Army serial number
- 32447677
- Rank
- Cpl (20 November 1943), Cpl (1 December 1943), Sgt (17 May 1944), T/Sgt (18 July 1944), T/Sgt (8 August 1944), T/Sgt (24 October 1944), SSGT (18 June 1945)
- Hometown
- Detroit MI
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 214
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 1945 | Bronze Star | 3568 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
10 entries, first 20 November 1943, last 17 November 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Sgt, T/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.
- 1943-11-20 HQ: Pfe
- 1943-12-01 HQ: Above 4 fr fur(11 Days) to dy
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Edmund P. Konczal
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Edmund P. Konczal
- 1944-05-17 840th: Above EM promoted to gr of s/Sgt per Par 4, so 79, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (4), APO 520, dtd 16
- 1944-07-18 840th: Dy to hosp (ID), 17 Jul 44, FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
- 1944-08-08 840th: Hosp to dy.
- 1944-10-19 840th: I/Sgt 665449 Combs I/Sgt
- 1944-10-24 840th: Above 6 EM Ir TD San Spirito Rest Camp to dy. *** RECORD OF EVENTS *** Practice mission. Routine post activities.
- 1944-11-17 840th: I/Sgt
National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 847, roll 458053820 p. 237, roll 466076292 p. 285, roll 466076292 p. 361, roll 474640174 p. 81, roll 481433713 p. 504, roll 566195336 p. 1801, roll 572487240 p. 2544, roll 572487240 p. 2553, roll 576476048 p. 1328
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