Radar Observer-Mechanic, Bombardment
The deletion appears in Change 2, published on June 30, 1945, but no effective deletion date is stated. The publication year alone does not establish when the deletion took effect.
Source extraction notes
Appendix I deletes SSN 2867 but provides no explicit SSN successor code. Printed directive: "Specialty obsolete, no substitute." No paragraph reference, ASTP symbol, or generic gun-crewman instruction was inferred into the SSN namespace. Appendix I does not print titles. The title is documented elsewhere in TM 12-427: Base manual, Section III numerical list; cached full text lines 3394-3395. 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, 2 and 3.
- TM 12-427, Military Occupational Classification of Enlisted Personnel, 12 July 1944, Change 2, 30 June 1945
1. Appendix I, printed p. 150 / PDF p. 218, deleted SSN 2867 · source dated June 30, 1945 · cited by the explanation
PDF page 218 (opens in a new tab)2.TM 12-427, Military Occupational Classification of Enlisted Personnel, 12 July 1944, Change 2, 30 June 1945 · event transcription · docs/legacy-data/army-ssn-1944.jsonl:402; Appendix I, printed p. 150 / PDF p. 218, deleted SSN 2867 · cited by the explanation
PDF page 218 (opens in a new tab)3.TM 12-427: documented deleted specialty title · Base manual, Section III numerical list; cached full text lines 3394-3395 · cited by the explanation
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