Erickson, Stanley Wallace

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Erickson, Stanley Wallace ⇗
Rank	Flight Officer / Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-886719
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 special Orders #157 dated 5 August 1944, effective 5 August 1944.
Duty	Co-pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	27 December 1944
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York: Section H Site 8075
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 11 June 1917 Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Army of the United States effective 13 October 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #204 dated 15 October 1944. Ordered on Temporary duty for seven days to Palace Hotel, Southport, AAF Station 524 (a Flak House) on 4 December 1944 to carry out the instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #237 dated 2 December 1944.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Mohler, John Grigsby⇗	Pilot	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Erickson, Stanley Wallace	Co-pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Proto, Michael John⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Griffin, Charles Edward, Jr, "SPIDER"⇗	Bombardier	CT
CPL. Markasky, Albert Edward⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
SGT. Girman, Frank (NMI)⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Johnson, Lester Mendle⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Pollak, Norman Marcus, "Dick"⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
PVT. Kurlansky, Arthur M⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR
SGT. Locke, Warren Franklin⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 27 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
181⇗	16 August 1944	Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102601⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Lead group. Turned back due to a runaway prop on #4 engine. Sortie Report⇗
182⇗	18 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium	Co-pilot	42‑102601⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102601⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
185⇗	26 August 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102601⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
186⇗	30 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Co-pilot	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑102601. Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102601⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed High Squadron Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102601⇗	Combat Mission Credit Did not attack target due to battle damage (wiring shot away) sustained during bomb run. Bomb load returned to base. Sortie Report⇗
193⇗	12 September 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Brüx, Czechoslovakia	Co-pilot	42‑31222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
194⇗	13 September 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑38014⇗	Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Lead group hot camera ship. Aborted at 1014 hrs near the Rhine River with #1 engine out; attacked unidentified target of opportunity (TOO). Sortie Report⇗
195⇗	17 September 1944	Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical Type: Military Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands	Co-pilot	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit E Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
199⇗	26 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97521⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
203⇗	2 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
208⇗	9 October 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
209⇗	11 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Fourth Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
211⇗	15 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102501⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Lead Squadron Sortie Report⇗
213⇗	18 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑8430⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
217⇗	1 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Took over lead and led Squadron in Gee-H attack on primary. Sortie Report⇗
221⇗	6 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97824⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Led Squadron on bomb run (two bomb runs). Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; lead Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing A group. Sortie Report⇗
230⇗	26 November 1944	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Altenbeken, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38616⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
233⇗	30 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38616⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38747⇗	Combat Mission Credit Division deputy. Sortie Report⇗
240⇗	18 December 1944	Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38766⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed at A-84 (Chievres, Belgium) due to low fuel; returned the next day. Sortie Report⇗
244⇗	27 December 1944	Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany	Pilot	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sustained battle damage and attempted to land away at RAF Manston, Kent. Crashed into aircraft in the dispersal area and exploded, killing the entire crew. Sortie Report⇗

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