Serviceman

Long Island Ridgewood

815th

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Army serial number: 14001783
Rank: S/Sgt (21 July 1944), S/Sgt (28 July 1944)
Sources: macr-crew, morning-report

Flags. known only from an OCR crew list; name may be misread

Aboard a lost aircraft

MACR 11278 · 42-97913 · 28 August 1944 · mission 80, 28 August 1944

Morning reports

2 entries, first 21 July 1944, last 28 July 1944; grades seen: S/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.

1944-07-21 815th: Above 4 0 & 6 EM fr dy to TD at Isle of OFFICER FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT
1944-07-28 815th: OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT

National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 178, roll 481431546 p. 188

Statements, mentions and histories

12 more statements from MACR 11278 are on the loss record.

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