Serviceman

Robert W Gellatly

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

39092506

Rank

S/Sgt (16 October 1943), s/Sgt (16 October 1943), S/Sgt (17 May 1944), TSGT (22 August 1944)

Hometown

Corvallis OR; Corvallis, OR

Also written

Robert Gellatly

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 174

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• Robert L. Orton Crew · 840th

Missions placed on him

• mission 31, 13 June 1944 · Oberpfaffenhofen · The Robert L. Orton crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 174)
• mission 49, 14 July 1944 · Budapest, Csepel · The Robert L. Orton crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 174)
• mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · The Robert L. Orton crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 174)

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

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

Morning reports

5 entries, first 16 October 1943, last 17 May 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, s/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.

• 1943-10-16 817th: trfd 818th Bomb Sq AAB Euhra Nn
• 1943-10-16 HQ: Asgd and jd fr 817 So this Gp 15 Oct 43
• 1943-12-06 HQ: S Sgt Maynard III Guin
• 1943-12-06 HQ: S Sgt Maynard W Guin
• 1944-05-17 840th: Above EM promoted to er of T/Sgt per Par 4, so 79, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 76 May 44.

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 729, roll 453519128 p. 795, roll 458053820 p. 37, roll 458053820 p. 264, roll 474640174 p. 81