The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

George L Baker

815th

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Army serial number
16073912
Rank
Cpl (9 March 1944), Cpl (3 August 1944), SSGT (14 September 1944), SSGT (1 November 1944), SSGT (27 December 1944)
Hometown
Sloan IO; SLOAN IA
Also written
George Baker
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 146
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 16073912); verify

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 September 1944Air Medal3391SSGT
1 November 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster4301SSGT
27 December 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster5207SSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

2 entries, first 9 March 1944, last 3 August 1944; grades seen: Cpl. 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 466076292 p. 308, roll 566192358 p. 2177

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