Wilson, Stanley Sylvester

Individual Personnel Data
Name Wilson, Stanley Sylvester
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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
MOS611 - 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 Reclassification rescinded per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #173 dated 29 August 1944.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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