Serviceman

John Von Blon

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

16111543

Rank

Sgt (6 December 1943), Sgt (14 December 1943), s/Sgt (3 May 1944), 2nd Lt. (14 June 1944), T/Sgt (10 August 1944)

Sources

assoc-roster, macr-crew, morning-report

Missions placed on him

• mission 32, 14 June 1944 · Budapest, Csepel · 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 6419 · 42-31631 · 14 June 1944 · mission 32, 14 June 1944

Morning reports

4 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 10 August 1944; grades seen: Sgt, 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.

• 1943-12-06 HQ: Joseph R Matthew Jr
• 1943-12-14 HQ: Above 2 EM fr sk hosp to dy on 12 Dec 43.
• 1944-05-03 840th: 5 - Dy to Hosp (LD), 1 May 44.
• 1944-08-10 840th: Reld of dy & trfd to 15th AF Medical Disposition Board, per Par 3, SO 151, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (H), dtd 9 Aug 44.

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 129, roll 458053820 p. 288, roll 474640174 p. 56, roll 566195336 p. 1804

Statements, mentions and histories

• 6 more statements from MACR 6419 are on the loss record.