Serviceman
Alfred Van Deren
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- Army serial number
- 18162968
- Rank
- Sgt (6 December 1943), Sgt (6 January 1944)
- Sources
- assoc-roster, macr-crew, morning-report
Aboard a lost aircraft
- MACR 6955 · 42-102429 · 15 July 1944 · mission 50, 15 July 1944
Morning reports
5 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 15 January 1944; grades seen: 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.
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Stephen H Barton
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Ste hen H Barton
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Ste hen H Barton
- 1944-01-06 815th: Above 2 EV dy to hosp
- 1944-01-15 HQ: (748) Set Hosp to dy.
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 129, roll 458053820 p. 195, roll 458053820 p. 270, roll 461010974 p. 861, roll 461010974 p. 883
Photographs naming him
- B-17 42-102429 · view at 15thaf.org
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Statements, mentions and histories
- 4 more statements from MACR 6955 are on the loss record.
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