Serviceman
John Thomas
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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
- 18042751
- Rank
- s/Sgt (8 August 1944), T/Sgt (2 December 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
6 entries, first 29 December 1943, last 2 December 1944; grades seen: T/Sgt, s/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.
- 1943-12-29 HQ: S/Set408
- 1944-02-18 815th: S Sgt G Reclassified fx 503 to 275 Auth: Base Classification Board
- 1944-02-28 HQ: SIRGEANTS Boss, Harland B.
- 1944-08-08 816th: Trfd to 817th Bomb sq, placed on flying status, and atchd to Hq per SO 150 Par 4 &5, 8 Aug w
- 1944-09-01 HQ: I/Sgt 41563 Premoted fr gr of S/SET per so 174, P5 1 Sept W4
- 1944-12-02 817th: Above 3 Os 4 EM relvd fr asgmt and trfd on rotation to Repl Depot # 7 for trans ship to US per Ltr:Subj Orders 15AF dtd 27 Nov 44.
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 9, roll 463205991 p. 563, roll 466076292 p. 269, roll 565963497 p. 1955, roll 570051701 p. 1759, roll 579002584 p. 3960
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