The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Alvin D. Kidwell

817th

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Army serial number
20384705
Rank
Sgt (1 January 1944), S/Sgt (9 June 1944), S/Sgt (22 July 1944)
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 35
Sources
heroes-book, morning-report
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 20384705); verify another record shares the name Kidwell, Alvin D. (units HQ, 817th, serials None, 20384705); may be the same man

Crews

Morning reports

3 entries, first 1 January 1944, last 22 July 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, 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 461010974 p. 803, roll 478080727 p. 344, roll 481431546 p. 817

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