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044 Canvas Cover Repairman

TM 12-427 directed Canvas Cover Repairman (SSN 044) to be changed to Leather and Canvas Worker (SSN 609). Its deleted-specialty list also lists 044 as deleted, with 609 as the suggested substitute.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

  • 609 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Canvas Cover Repairman

The change instruction appears in Change 1, dated 12 April 1945, and the deletion list appears in Change 2, dated 30 June 1945. These are publication dates; no effective deletion date is stated for SSN 044.

Source extraction notes

Appendix I lists deleted SSN 044 with suggested substitute 609. Appendix I does not print titles. The title is documented elsewhere in TM 12-427: Change 1, 12 April 1945, PDF page 4; instruction for printed page 24. The row-level deletion date is unstated. The citation dates Change 2 to 30 June 1945; that publication date is not an effective deletion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1 and 3.

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