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Real vs. Fake
WWII Paratroop Jump Certificate
Ran across a Jump Certificate for a member of Co
E 506th Prcht Inf last week. Knew right
away it was fake.
Robert Bloser became a Paratrooper in January of
1943 and was on Jump Status through the end of
the year in 1943. Not sure why someone had to
fake a Jump Certificate for this man.
Sad when
people try to make money this way as they have a
Plumley Jump Certificate that is fake as he was
never ever in the 505th Prcht Inf.
If for some reason a Paratrooper is removed from
Jump Status it will show up in the Payrolld Records
as they lose that $50.00 bump as a Paratrooper.
Went through the Payroll Records for Co E and
Pvt Bloser was on Jump Status all the way through at
least December 1943. Here is an example of
when a Soldier is removed from Jump Status. It
always ends up on the
Payroll Records the next month.
Let’s move on to the Jump
Certificate. First the date November 14, 1943 and
the Signature of Captain Sobel wasn’t even the same
as the October 1944 one.
Sobel was still a Company Commander for E Co in
November of 1943. He was transferred to Hq & Hq
Co in December of 1943 and then became a part of the
Jump School in England for the 101st Abn
Div. He is an example of a
Real Jump Certificate from October of 1944 and
showing Sobel’s Signature which is different than
the fake Jump Certificate one.
Looked for an example and found
one pretty quickly in the 508th Prcht
Inf. 1st Lt Abraham was part of Hq &
Hq.
He was promoted to Captain November 2, 1943.
The Enlisted Soldiers Payroll
Records would be written for November 1 to 30
November 1943. If someone was promoted for an
example it wouldn’t show up until the next month.
The Officers Personnel Roster
was different.
Abraham is promoted to Captain November 2, 1943
and that
shows up on the 1 November to 30 November 1943
Officers Personnel Roster. If this was listed
the way the Enlisted Soldiers are done it would have
shown up in December of 1943 with him being promoted
to Captain.
The Officers Personnel Roster
is created at the end of every month. The Payroll
Record is created at the start of a month. So an
Officers Personnel Roster is up to date at the end
of that month. The Enlisted Payroll Record is
written at the start of the month.
So Sobel wasn’t moved to Hq &
Hq Co until December 1943. He couldn’t have been
both the Company Commander of Co E and the Assistant
Commandant for the 101st Abn Div Jump
School.
Good things always come out of
something like this. The next article will show how
a Soldier became a Paratroop in October of 1944.
The training in the England was very different than
in the States and just over a week long opposed to 4
weeks at Ft Benning.
Brian Siddall
August 19, 2018
Upcoming Articles
How a Soldier becomes a
Paratrooper for the 101st Airborne Division in
England in 1944.
A Captain who disobeyed not just one but two direct
orders in Normandy from two different superior
Officers.
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