Walter B Stone
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
A. S. No. 0-800069
Pilot of P47-D
# 42-7989
Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) # 1041
350th Fighter Squadron
353rd Fighter Group
KIA 22 Oct 1943
A.L.D. II
Object Number - UPL 38053 - 2LT Walter B. Stone A. S. No. 0-800069 Pilot of P47-D # 42-7989 Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) # 1041 350th Fighter Squadron 353rd Fighter...
16 APR 2019 - update -Previously listed on the Tablets of the Missing in Ardennes American Cemetery & Memorial, Belgium. His remains have been 100% identified in 2019. He will be laid to rest on 11 MAY 2019 in his home town of Andalusia, Alabama, USA.
* Official story is available on the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency web page
Killed in Action (KIA) on 22-OCT-43 in P-47D 42-7989, 353FG / 350FS, piloted by 2LT Walter B Stone while providing fighter escort (White Flight) to a formation of B-26s from 9th Air Force. The aircraft was last seen entering a cloud formation at 16,000 feet. It is suspected that the aircraft may have been involved in a mid-air collision. The aircraft crashed near St. Omer, France.
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Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Alabama | 8 May 1919 | |
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-Omer, France | 22 October 1943 | Last seen entering a cloud formation at 16,000 feet. It is suspected that the aircraft was involved in a mid-iar collison. Aircraft crashed near St. Omer, France. |
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Buried |
ANDALUSIA | He will be buried on 11 MAY 2019 in his home town on Andalusia, Alabama, USA. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 7-Jul-2015. Added decorations and Commemorated event per AMerican Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records' Made connections to PLace, Aircraft and Mission wihtin existing website data. Added SN and FTR event per MACR 1041. Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1041 / MACR 1041, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 349, ABMC / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
