The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Arthur L Smith

817th

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Army serial number
6138834
Rank
Cpl (8 November 1944), CPL (7 January 1945), SSGT (26 February 1945), TSGT (10 April 1945)
Hometown
Chicago IL; Chicago, IL
Also written
Arthur Smith
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 3
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 6138834); verify

Crews

Missions placed on him

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

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
7 January 1945Air Medal125CPL
26 February 1945Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster968SSGT
10 April 1945Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster2561TSGT

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

Morning reports

1 entry, first 8 November 1944, last 8 November 1944; grades seen: Cpl. 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.

National Archives pages: roll 576472397 p. 3594

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