Serviceman

Albert Van Oostrom

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

38538003

Rank

Sgt. (13 September 1944), S/Sgt (16 September 1944)

Sources

assoc-roster, macr-crew, morning-report

Missions placed on him

• mission 91, 13 September 1944 · Blechhammer North · 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 8619 · 44-6412 · 13 September 1944 · mission 91, 13 September 1944

Morning reports

2 entries, first 23 August 1944, last 16 September 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.

• 1944-08-23 815th: Sgt Philip N Nance
• 1944-09-16 817th: Above 4 Os 6 EM MIA 13 Sept 444 are hereby dropped from rolls

National Archives pages: roll 566195336 p. 1842, roll 570165454 p. 481

Photographs naming him

• B-17 44-6412 · view at 15thaf.org

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Statements, mentions and histories

• 19 more statements from MACR 8619 are on the loss record.