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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: 18149948
Rank: Cpl (15 November 1943), Cpl (25 November 1943), Cpl (14 May 1944), Pvt (14 September 1944), Pvt (19 September 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 15 November 1943, last 19 September 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pvt. 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.

1943-11-15 816th: dy to Fur
1943-11-25 816th: Fur to dy (9 days) FLD 08 CAPT 1ST LT 20 LT
1944-05-14 815th: Ir dy 816th Bomb Sq this Gp to SD Gp Hg 20 May 44: Mission to Wi ner-Neustabt, Austria A/C Plant. 7 S ip lost fr flak over target 1 dead Islightly wounded. Borth re Its good
1944-09-14 816th: 2 0 & 5 EM fr Dy to TD Rome, Italy for 3 day period per P 4 SO 185 this Hqrs dtd 13 Septhip 14017166 Mimms Sgt.
1944-09-19 816th: 2-0 and 5 em fr T7D Rome Rest Camp to dy OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 759, roll 456415616 p. 775, roll 474605897 p. 13, roll 570165454 p. 398, roll 570165454 p. 408

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