Robert D Stone

Military

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-50364

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: This Is It!
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a 466th Bomb Group B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Times A' Wastin'". Handwritten caption on reverse: '466th B.G., 8th Air Force.'

42-50569

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Times A Wastin
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Whiteside County, IL, USA 15 January 1921

Other

Shot Down/Bailed out

2230 Ramsel, Belgium 7 November 1944 Successfully bailed out over Allied territory

Died

Fulton, IL 61252, USA 11 September 2012 Bob was born January 15, 1921, in Garden Plain Township, to Clayton M. and Lepha F. (Murphy) Stone. He was educated in the Garden Plain Grade School and was a 1938 graduate of Erie High School in Erie, IL. He attended the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL. Bob was a veteran the U.S. Army Air Force and served during WWII. He married Dorothy M. Ege on March 22, 1942, in Garden Plain. He was first employed by Cy Breeden Supply and Construction Company in Garden Plain. He then served as Garden Plain Township Highway Commissioner and later worked for the Whiteside County Highway Department. Most recently he owned and operated Stone Excavating, Morrison, IL, until retiring in 1996. Bob was a member of the Garden Plain Presbyterian Church, the Albany American Legion - Hanson/Kennedy Post #1079, and the Natural Area Guardians of Whiteside County. Bob enjoyed camping and bird watching

Buried

Garden Plain, IL 61252, USA 14 September 2012 Garden Plain Cemetery Garden Plain Whiteside County Illinois, USA
Fulton, IL 61252, USA Route #2
Morrison, IL 61270, USA

Revisions

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466th BG HIstorian

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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Stone&GSfn=Robert…;
http://www.bosmarenkes.com/obits/obituaries.php/obitID/480898

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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 351