Clifford William Stone was an Army Air Force officer, B-24 bomber pilot, and former prisoner of war. He was a Captain at the time of his separation from active duty, but later attained the rank of Major in the Air Force Reserves. Flying out of Spinazzola, Italy on what would have been his 50th and last required mission as part of the 15th Army Air Force, 55th Bombardment Wing, 460th Bombardment Group on November 16, 1944 in the lead aircraft in the second attack wave Cliff's B-24J bomber was shot down by anti-aircraft fire on a bombing mission to the West Marshalling Yards at Munich, Germany. He and his crew bailed out and landed safely in Austria, although one of his men was shot and killed on the ground. He was imprisoned at Stalag Luft I near Barth, Germany for the remainder of the war, until he was freed by the advancing Russian forces and eventually returned to Allied control and taken to Camp Lucky Strike in preparation for his return to the United States.
Cliff went on to achieve great things in his life after the war and helped many people during his lifetime. Sometime late in life, he took the time to enter online the individual names of his crew on that last mission as part of the National WWII Memorial, Washington, DC as his remembrance to them. For Clifford Stone, in regard to his crew and time in that distant war, truly nothing was forgotten, or as his former captors would have said "Nichts ist Vergessen". Cliff now rests in peace with his entire crew, including my father.
Cliff went on to achieve great things in his life after the war and helped many people during his lifetime. Sometime late in life, he took the time to enter online the individual names of his crew on that last mission as part of the National WWII Memorial, Washington, DC as his remembrance to them. For Clifford Stone, in regard to his crew and time in that distant war, truly nothing was forgotten, or as his former captors would have said "Nichts ist Vergessen". Cliff now rests in peace with his entire crew, including my father.
Clifford William Stone was an Army Air Force officer, B-24 bomber pilot, and former prisoner of war. He was a Captain at the time of his separation from active duty, but later attained the rank of Major in the Air Force Reserves. Flying out of Spinazzola, Italy on what would have been his 50th and last required mission as part of the 15th Army Air Force, 55th Bombardment Wing, 460th Bombardment Group on November 16, 1944 in the lead aircraft in the second attack wave Cliff's B-24J bomber was shot down by anti-aircraft fire on a bombing mission to the West Marshalling Yards at Munich, Germany. He and his crew bailed out and landed safely in Austria, although one of his men was shot and killed on the ground. He was imprisoned at Stalag Luft I near Barth, Germany for the remainder of the war, until he was freed by the advancing Russian forces and eventually returned to Allied control and taken to Camp Lucky Strike in preparation for his return to the United States.
Cliff went on to achieve great things in his life after the war and helped many people during his lifetime. Sometime late in life, he took the time to enter online the individual names of his crew on that last mission as part of the National WWII Memorial, Washington, DC as his remembrance to them. For Clifford Stone, in regard to his crew and time in that distant war, truly nothing was forgotten, or as his former captors would have said "Nichts ist Vergessen". Cliff now rests in peace with his entire crew, including my father.
Cliff went on to achieve great things in his life after the war and helped many people during his lifetime. Sometime late in life, he took the time to enter online the individual names of his crew on that last mission as part of the National WWII Memorial, Washington, DC as his remembrance to them. For Clifford Stone, in regard to his crew and time in that distant war, truly nothing was forgotten, or as his former captors would have said "Nichts ist Vergessen". Cliff now rests in peace with his entire crew, including my father.
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