The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Cyril Carmichael

HQ

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Army serial number
0906644
Rank
Lt Col (21 December 1943), LTCOL (8 August 1944), LTC (15 April 1945)
Hometown
Pelham NY
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 0906644); verify another record shares the name Carmichael, Cyril (units HQ, 840th, serials 0906644, None); may be the same man

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
8 August 1944Air Medal2406LTCOL
15 April 1945Bronze Star2380LTC

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

Morning reports

3 entries, first 21 December 1943, last 21 January 1944; grades seen: Lt Col. 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 458052819 p. 1000, roll 461010974 p. 637, roll 461010974 p. 657

Statements, mentions and histories

rything checked properly. When the guns were later checked over the Adriatic, the ball turret The Group Executive, Col. Cyril Carmichael, guns would not fire. Three of the gunners worked made haircuts one of his prime missions, along on it up to 15,000 feet without oxygen, at which with making a

Carmichael, Cyril in newsletter 2021-03_483rd_Newsletter, page 3. 483rd BG Association newsletter, quoted with credit. read the newsletter

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