Westcot Stone
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Flew 32 missions from February to August 1944.
Military
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Flew 32 missions from February to August 1944.
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
Squadron
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
hit trees while taking off from Attlebridge 25 Jul 1944 and crashlanded at Swanton-Morley; condemned for salvage
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Kilgore, TX 75662, USA | 22 August 1922 |
Enlisted | Tyler, TX, USA | 9 October 1942 |
466th BG Combat Tour | Attlebridge, Norwich, UK | 9 April 1944 – 16 July 1944 |
32 combat missions |
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Died | Longview, TX, USA | 5 August 1986 |
Buried | Rusk, Texas | 8 August 1986 |
Hickory Grove Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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09 December 2018 23:28:38 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/40877971/person/1900586... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
21 August 2018 01:12:49 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=20093987... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:17:38 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 345 |