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                <text>This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.</text>
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                <text>14 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer George Bernard Stone and contains an album, photographs and documents. He flew operations as an air gunner with 156 Squadron and was killed 13 August 1944. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Nigel Stone and catalogued by Barry Hunter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" class="TextRun SCXW27189654 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW27189654 BCX0"&gt;Additional information on George Bernard Stone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW27189654 BCX0"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is available via the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW27189654 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:200,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:276}"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/227051/"&gt;IBCC Losses Database.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</text>
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            <text>[coat of arms of the United Kingdom]&#13;
BUCKINGHAM PALACE&#13;
&#13;
The Queen and I offer you&#13;
our heartfelt sympathy in your&#13;
great sorrow.&#13;
We pray that your country’s &#13;
gratitude for a life so nobly&#13;
given in its service may bring&#13;
you some measure of consolation.&#13;
[signature]&#13;
George R. I.&#13;
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Mrs. G. B. Stone.&#13;
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