Wilson, Stanley Sylvester

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Wilson, Stanley Sylvester ⇗
Rank	Private / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	36527527
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #80 dated 24 August 1943, effective 24 August 1943.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	8 September 1944
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Promoted from Private to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #83 dated 27 August 1943. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #132 dated 31 October 1943. Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to Walhampton House, Lymington, Hampshire (a Flak house) on or about 7 March 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #41 dated 1 March 1944. Promoted from Private to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #47 dated 11 March 1944. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 24 March 1944. Ordered to proceed from this Station on or about 3 May 1944 to 97th General Hospital, APO 597 for treatment for an indefinite period and thence on discharge and discretion of the Commanding Officer at 97th General Hospital, EM will proceed to AAF Station 511, APO 635, for a period not to exceed thirty days. Upon completion of Temporary Duty EM will return to this station per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #82 dated 2 May 1944. Reclassified from MOS 611 to MOS 911 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #172, EXTRACT, dated 28 August 1944. Reclassification rescinded per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #173 dated 29 August 1944. Transferred in grade to the Casual Pool, 8th AFRD, AAF Station 594 on 8 September 1944 per Squadron Morning Report.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 11 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
25⇗	23 September 1943	Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
26⇗	27 September 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3087⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Snetterton Heath Airfield, AAF Station 138, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
27⇗	2 October 1943	Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29814⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
29⇗	8 October 1943	Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
32⇗	14 October 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Crew bailed out over England; aircraft crashed near Chetwode, UK on return. Sortie Report⇗
37⇗	26 November 1943	Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5838⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
53⇗	14 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑5404⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
60⇗	6 February 1944	Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Deenethorpe on return. Sortie Report⇗
61⇗	8 February 1944	Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3087⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
62⇗	11 February 1944	Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97449⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
65⇗	22 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97449⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41B Group. Turned back over Kettering as #3 engine had to be feathered when hit by the horizontal stabilizer of the aircraft in the formation which had collided with a 303rd BG aircraft in mid-air. Sortie Report⇗
72⇗	6 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37788⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing. Sortie Report⇗
93⇗	22 April 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97367⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗

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