Robert R. Stone was born on May 9, 1922 in North Carolina. He was the son of Addie Coltrane and Robert W. Stone, and was married. He enlisted in the U.S. military at Camp Croft, South Carolina, on 29 Dec 1943. Robert completed aircraft gunnery training in June 1944 and served in the 337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Tail Gunner on the B17 #44-6137 "The Abortion Queen" aircraft during World War II.

On January 29, 1945, while attempting assembly into a bomber stream scheduled to raid the marshalling railway yards at Bielefeld, Germany, his aircraft collided with that of Lt. Alex Phillipovich. Both aircraft exploded and crashed approximately 1/2 miles southeast of the airdrome. All 18 crew members aboard the 2 aircrafts were killed. SGT Stone is now buried in the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA.

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