The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

James Rudd

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
35471098
Rank
Pfc (23 January 1944), Pfc (24 June 1944), Pfc (13 July 1944)
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 Rudd, James (units 817th, 817th, serials 35471098, 35471629); may be the same man

Morning reports

3 entries, first 23 January 1944, last 13 July 1944; grades seen: Pfc. 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. 836, roll 478081728 p. 901, roll 481431546 p. 798

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