Serviceman

Bernard L Newman

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Army serial number: 18123968
Rank: Pvt (8 January 1944), Cpl (23 May 1944), Cpl (11 July 1944), Cpl (20 October 1944), Cpl (3 November 1944), CPL (11 May 1945)
Hometown: Indianapolis IN
Also written: Bernard Newman
In the book: Heroes of the 483rd, p. 1
Sources: 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 18123968); verify serial 15123968 in morning reports differs by one digit from 18123968; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 15123968); verify

Crews

James H. Adams Crew · 816th

Missions placed on him

mission 215, 26 April 1945 · Bronzolo · The James H. Adams crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 1)

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

Date	Award	General order	Rank then
11 May 1945	Air Medal	3129	CPL

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

Morning reports

1 entry, first 12 December 1943, last 12 December 1943. 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.

1943-12-12 817th: Pvt 8-10 Duty Drftsma (070) asgd jd fr 816th Borb Sq FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 204

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