Serviceman

Wilby Lee

817th

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Known so far only from the squadron morning reports: a surname, an Army serial number and the clerk's spelling. A roster name has not yet been matched to him.

Army serial number: 01287372
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name another record shares the name Lee, Wilby (units HQ, 817th, 817th, 817th, serials 35629076, 17032882, 01287372); may be the same man

Morning reports

3 entries, first 7 February 1944, last 6 September 1944. 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.

1944-02-07 817th: 2nd L+F/ aptd 1st Lt WD 0 29 dtd 3 Fat 44
1944-06-24 817th: 1Lt
1944-09-06 817th: 1st It sotd Captd AUS par 2 SO 245 Hq XV AF 1 Sept 44

National Archives pages: roll 463205991 p. 713, roll 478081728 p. 901, roll 570165454 p. 469

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