Serviceman

Jack H Leatherman

840thHQpilotco-pilot

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Army serial number: 0807466
Rank: 2nd Lt (27 January 1944), 2LT (14 June 1944), 2d Lt (4 August 1944), 2LT (12 August 1944), 1st Lt (20 October 1944), 1LT (3 January 1945)
Hometown: NEW YORK CITY NY; New York City NY; Bronx, NY
Also written: Jack Leatherman
In the book: Heroes of the 483rd, p. 136, 211, 265
Sources: 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 0807466); verify

Crews

Jack H. Leatherman Crew, pilot · 840th
Charles A. Schwiegman Crew, co-pilot · 840th
Ray H. Whitaker Crew, co-pilot · 840th

Awards

Date	Award	General order	Rank then
14 June 1944	Air Medal	1048	2LT
12 August 1944	AM/OLC	2502	2LT
3 January 1945	Distinguished Flying Cross	52	1LT

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

Morning reports

5 entries, first 12 January 1944, last 30 October 1944; grades seen: 1st Lt, 2d Lt, 2nd Lt. 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.

1944-01-12 HQ: 1091 Oliver 2 Lto
1944-01-27 HQ: Dy to sk hosp, 25 Jan 4/10 35696920 Hess (901) Pvt. Fr sk hoap to dy, 24 Janua.
1944-08-04 840th: Promoted fr 2d It to 1st Lt per Par 15, so 206, Hq NATOUSA, APO 534, dtd 27 Jul We. Eff: 27 Jul We
1944-10-20 840th: 1st It
1944-10-30 840th: 1st It

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 904, roll 461012976 p. 741, roll 566195336 p. 1796, roll 572487240 p. 2546, roll 572487240 p. 2561

Statements, mentions and histories

1 more statement from MACR 6955 are on the loss record.

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