Westcot Bell Stone III

Military
media-7223.jpeg UPL 7223 B-24H-20-DT #41-28971 "Ready and Waiting" Code: 6L-G
Left to Right: Robert Chibos (N), Westcot B. Stone (P), Kenneth J. Sanford (CP)
Crew #417 & 720
466th BG - 784th & 787th Bomb Squadrons

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7223 - B-24H-20-DT #41-28971 "Ready and Waiting" Code: 6L-G Left to Right: Robert Chibos (N), Westcot B. Stone (P), Kenneth J. Sanford (CP) Crew #417 &...

Flew 32 missions from February to August 1944.

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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

People

Robert Francis Chibos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-759793
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Kenneth J Sanford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-686270
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

41-28971

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ready and Waiting
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (T9-D, serial number 41-29240) of the 466th Bomb Group released bombs over the target. Image stamped on reverse: 'Restricted, For personal use only.' [stamp]. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 dropping bombs, The Mad March.'

41-29402

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Mad Monk
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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

Los Angeles, California 23 August 1920

Other

Time in the ETO

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 21 February 1944 - 10 August 1944
Los Angeles, CA, USA 1609 S. St. Andrews Place

Revisions

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466th BG Archives - Official overseas deployment orders provided by Wes Stone

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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Westcot Bell Stone: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 6417 - B-24H-15-CF #41-29402 Mad Monk 466th BG - 784th BS...

Object number: UPL 7223 - B-24H-20-DT #41-28971 "Ready and Waiting" Code: 6L...