The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Aaron B Roberts

815thHQ

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Army serial number
20480227
Rank
S/Sgt (11 November 1943), S/Sgt (8 January 1944), SSGT (14 June 1944), s/Sgt (30 June 1944), S/Sgt (7 July 1944), SSGT (12 August 1944), s/Sgt (1 September 1944), S/Sgt (8 September 1944), s/sgt (10 September 1944), SSGT (14 September 1944)
Hometown
BEN HILL GA; Ben Hill GA
Also written
Aaron Roberts
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 235
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 20480227); verify

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 June 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster1031SSGT
12 August 1944Air Medal, 4th oak leaf cluster2505SSGT
14 September 1944Air Medal, 5th oak leaf cluster3391SSGT

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

Morning reports

7 entries, first 11 November 1943, last 10 September 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, s/Sgt, 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.

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 707, roll 461010974 p. 689, roll 478080727 p. 221, roll 481431546 p. 157, roll 570165454 p. 250, roll 570165454 p. 261, roll 570165454 p. 264

Statements, mentions and histories

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