In the 1943-45 log book of Don McBride, Charles listed his address as: B.E. Stone Box 1188 Brownsville, Tex. Last known address: Route 4, Box 261, San Benito, Texas. January 3, 2001. From Jim Dalby Tom, Re: Billy Stone. I have no record of a middle initial. On 3/24/44 Stone was flying copilot to Jim Scoff. The details of this flight is a long but very good story. Basicly the weather was terrible and at night. Over Yunnanyi, Scoff was informed that an air raid was in progress at Kunming and that all radio beacons, in that part of China, would be turned off so the the Japanese could not use them. An inexperienced army radio operator tried to give Scoff a bearing and ended up giving him a bearing 180 degrees off. To cut the story short they ran out of fuel and bailed out. Billy Stone was badly hurt and had to return home, never to return. Crew Capt-Jim Scoff, copilot-Billy stone, radio operator W.Y. Wong, C-53 #51. Jim Valley Morning Star (Texas), 26 March 1944 (Courtesy of Patti Gully)  May 13, 2001 Billy died about 3 years ago. His widow, Audrey, says she'll try and help out with information about Billy. Unfortunately, Audrey passed away January 23, 2014. July 25, 2021 Good afternoon, Tom. Attached are two pictures of my father that were taken during the 1940s. The quality of the pictures is poor, but perhaps you can use one or both of them. The first is a scan from a Coleman Flight School class book dated 1943. My father was a flight instructor at the time. The Coleman Flight School was a civilian flight school under government contract during World War II for the purpose of training pilots for the United States Army Air Forces. This was just prior to his employment with CNAC in 1944. The second is a scan of a photo that my sister found in an old picture album. We don't know exactly when it was taken, but it is an earlier picture than the previous one that we believe was taken at Mauldin Airfield in Brownsville, Texas. Thank you for all the time and effort that you devote toward the CNAC website. Sincerely, Sylvia Addison  
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