Serviceman

Buckman

815th

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Known so far only from the squadron morning reports: a surname, an Army serial number and the clerk's spelling. A roster name has not yet been matched to him.

Army serial number: 16054843
Rank: Sgt (16 February 1944), Sgt (26 February 1944), Sgt (28 February 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name

Morning reports

5 entries, first 16 December 1943, last 28 February 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.

1943-12-16 815th: Cpl 5 03 above 2 named EM aptd Sgt per par 5 SO # 50 Hq this Gp dtd and eff 16 Dec 1943
1944-01-03 815th: Sgt.5 E
1944-02-16 815th: fr 15 day fur to dy
1944-02-26 815th: H reld of asgt and trfd to 483rd Bomb Gp (H) this ata 0-7/11/40
1944-02-28 815th: I reld of asgt and trfd to 483rd Bomb Gp(H) this ata 0-71-1440

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 66, roll 461010974 p. 676, roll 463205991 p. 609, roll 463205991 p. 630, roll 463208994 p. 538

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