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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
- 20480237
- Rank
- Cpl (17 January 1944), Cpl (8 September 1944), Cpl (13 September 1944), Cpl (19 September 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
9 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 19 September 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.
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Cpl John in Symens
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Cpl John IV Symons
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Cpl John 12 Symons
- 1944-01-17 HQ: Fr fur to dy (10 days)
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Leonard A. Spilde
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Leonard A. Spilde
- 1944-09-08 840th: Dy to fur (6 days). 20 0 & 30 EM atchd for rats & grs fr 8th AF. ******** RECORD OF EVENTS ******** 7 B-17G's bombed Oil Refineries at Bleckhammer,
- 1944-09-13 840th: Dy to fur (6 days). 20 0 & 30 EM atchd for rats & grs fr 8th AF. ******** RECORD OF EVENTS ******** %
- 1944-09-19 840th: Fur to dy. *** RECORD STATION OF EVENTS *** Mission called off. Routine base activities.
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 38, roll 458053820 p. 190, roll 458053820 p. 265, roll 461010974 p. 887, roll 466076292 p. 287, roll 466076292 p. 363, roll 570165454 p. 2632, roll 570165454 p. 2642, roll 570165454 p. 4140
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