Serviceman

David Dell

817th815thHQ

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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: 0312980
Rank: Maj (12 December 1943), Maj (5 June 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

4 entries, first 12 October 1943, last 5 June 1944; grades seen: Maj. 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.

1943-10-12 815th: Ma 6-10 asgd to sa fr 483 Gp Hg dv Exec 0 (2020)
1943-12-12 817th: Duty Exec 0(2020) asgd jd fr 815th Bomb Sq
1944-05-29 817th: Maj 52 fr duty to hosp (ID) 61st Station
1944-06-05 HQ: P trfd fr hosp to 61st Station Hosp

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 620, roll 458053820 p. 204, roll 474638098 p. 300, roll 478080727 p. 334

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