1st Mention of Stanley;

Wednesday, 12 January 1944

USAAF Chronology: MTO Tactical Operations (12th AF): Colonel Archibald Y Smith assumes command of the XII Air Force Training and Replacement Command.

In Italy, B-25's and B-26's bomb the Giulianova railway bridge and attack a dam and road bridge; A-20's hit San Donato; P-40's attack a vessel in the Krka River of Yugoslavia, hit enemy defensive positions at San Biagio Saracinesa, Sant' Elia Fiumerapido, Monte Trocchio, and Atina, and bomb Vallerotonda; A-36's attack the Avezzano railroad yards, a village near Atina, railroad facilities at Cisterna di Latina, and numerous trucks and train cars in the Rome area.

HQ 310th BG War Diary: No Entry

379th BS War Diary: No Entry

380th BS War Diary: Operations are scheduled to begin any day. It shouldn’t be too difficult with only six planes in the squadron. Shipping is to be the main objective from this base.

381st BS War Diary: The following named officers and enlisted men have been assigned to the Squadron: 2nd Lts. J.A. Burton, R.F. Elmer, K.L. Gimson, R.I. Johnson, N. (NMI) Katsirubas, R.L. Kefer, L.A. Lewis, W.G. Lytle, R.J. McHugh, R.P. Moss, H.S. Ray, Jr., G.C. Schroeder, C.P. Shearer, J.R. Simpkins, and R.W. Whitehead; S/Sgts. J.P. Boder, Jr., L.C. Deese, J.J. Duffy, III, W.O. Edwards, C.M. Enright, J.B. Morris, A.N. Rumpf, and S.M. Wonski; Sgts. H.M. Crocker, M.C. Cutrona, W.E. Prall, M. (NMI) Pusen, A.E. Tamer, and J.E. Washington; and Pvt. L.M. Gilbert.
Six officers and eight enlisted men were attached for rations and quarters today.
S/Sgt. C.B. Sisco returned from the hospital.
Training Program: Eight training flights.
Boder, John P., Jr., S/Sgt, radio-gunner Burton, Joseph A., 2Lt, navigator
Crocker, Harold M., Sgt, gunner Cutrona, Michael C., Sgt, turret-gunner
Deese, Leon C., S/Sgt, turret-gunner Duffy, John J., III, S/Sgt, radio-gunner
Edwards, Wilbur O., S/Sgt, radio-gunner Elmer, Ralph F., 2Lt, pilot
Enright, Claude M., T/Sgt, radio-gunner Gilbert, Louis M., Pvt, gunner
Gimson, Keith L., 2Lt, pilot Johnson, Robert I., 2Lt, pilot
Katsirubas, Nicholas (NMI), 2Lt, bombardier
Kefer, Robert L., 2Lt, pilot Lewis, Leslie A., 2Lt, bombardier
Lytle, William G., 2Lt, pilot McHugh, Richard J., 2Lt, bombardier
Morris, Joe B., S/Sgt, turret-gunner Moss, Robert P., 2Lt, pilot

Wednesday, 12 January 1944 (continued)

Prall, Wilson Edgar, Sgt, armorer-gunner Pusen, Michael (NMI), Sgt, gunner
Ray, Henry S., Jr., 2Lt, pilot Rumpf, Arthur N., S/Sgt, turret-gunner
Schroeder, George C., 2Lt, pilot Shearer, Clyde P., 2Lt, pilot
Simpkins, John R., 2Lt, pilot Tamer, Albert E., Sgt, turret-gunner
Washington, John E., Sgt, gunner Whitehead, Robert W., 2Lt, pilot
Wonski, Stanley M., S/Sgt, radio-gunner

428th BS War Diary: Our squadrons were alerted but no sighting at which to strike presented itself. Though the recce Marauders had sighted many boats in the previous few days the seas were empty today. Our chief purpose is to stop coastwise shipping from Marseilles to Civitavecchia.

Stanley M Wonski