Serviceman

V. Schofield

817thHQ

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Army serial number: 19163285
Rank: T/Sgt (18 July 1944)
Sources: macr-crew, morning-report

Flags. known only from an OCR crew list; name may be misread

Missions placed on him

mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report

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.

Aboard a lost aircraft

MACR 6979 · 42-102923 Baraz Twins II · 18 July 1944 · mission 51, 18 July 1944

Morning reports

2 entries, first 18 July 1944, last 7 September 1944; grades seen: T/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.

1944-07-18 817th: LIA not hospitalized
1944-09-07 HQ: I/Sgt / Irfo to Repll Depot #7

National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 807, roll 570165454 p. 472

Statements, mentions and histories

35 more statements from MACR 6979 are on the loss record.

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