Serviceman

David BMT. Teal

816thHQreturned to duty

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Army serial number: 38462277
Rank: S/Sgt. (16 March 1945)
Sources: macr-crew, morning-report

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

Missions placed on him

mission 182, 16 March 1945 · Schwechat · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Aboard a lost aircraft

MACR 13059 · 44-6325 The Old Shillalah · 16 March 1945 · mission 182, 16 March 1945 · RTD

Morning reports

3 entries, first 16 December 1944, last 16 December 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.

1944-12-16 HQ: Cpl (748) John J Chojnacki
1944-12-16 HQ: Cpl (748) John J Chojnacki
1944-12-16 HQ: Cpl (748) John J Chojnacki

National Archives pages: roll 579002584 p. 3674, roll 579002584 p. 3983, roll 579002584 p. 3985

Statements, mentions and histories

11 more statements from MACR 13059 are on the loss record.

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