Serviceman
Martin Weinstein
Play his story on the map built from his record
- Army serial number
- 0719184
- Rank
- 2LT (12 August 1944), TSGT (29 August 1944), 1LT (14 November 1944), 1LT (23 December 1944)
- Hometown
- Plevna KS; Brooklyn NY; BROOKLYN NY; Brooklyn, NY
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 190
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- Maurice Raffel Crew, navigator · 817th
Missions placed on him
- mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · The Maurice Raffel crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 190)
- mission 53, 22 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Maurice Raffel crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 190)
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.
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 1944 | Air Medal | 2506 | 2LT |
| 29 August 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 2937 | TSGT |
| 14 November 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 4486 | 1LT |
| 23 December 1944 | Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster | 5121 | 1LT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
1 entry, first 9 October 1944, last 9 October 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.
- 1944-10-09 817th: 2Lt eptd 1It AUS par 7 so 277 15 AF 3 Oct 44
National Archives pages: roll 572487240 p. 466
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