Serviceman
Delano
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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
- 1549927
- Rank
- 1st Lt (9 May 1944), 1st Lt (1 December 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
5 entries, first 3 January 1944, last 1 December 1944; grades seen: 1st Lt. 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.
- 1944-01-03 HQ: (4512) lot It app FT dy to IV (15 days) effective 17 Jan 44 and
- 1944-01-26 HQ: 1 Lt F89A Trfd fr 818th Bomb so this Gp to GP HQ DY4512 GP ord 0
- 1944-05-05 HQ: 1st It Aptd Capt AUS per WDS0#55 par 15 dtd 4 Mar 44
- 1944-05-09 HQ: Aptd Capt AUS per WDSO#55 par is dtd 4 Mar 44
- 1944-12-01 816th: ANTHONY R MANNING
National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 663, roll 461010974 p. 854, roll 474605897 p. 8, roll 474606898 p. 139, roll 579002584 p. 3703
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