Oliver W White Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 89TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Co-pilot of C-47 42-100773 on transit to ETO.
Departing Gibraltar en route to Canino airfield, Italy killed in crash of C-47 43-15298 at RAF North Front, Gibraltar. Died non Battle (DNB).
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 89th Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 8 October 1941 | |
Other Transited to Gibraltar |
Gibraltar | 18 July 1944 - 18 July 1944 | Flew from base Greenham Common to Gibraltar en route to Canino airfield, Italy. |
Died |
Gibraltar GX11 1AA, Gibraltar | 20 July 1944 | Departing Gibraltar en route to Canino airfield, Italy killed in crash of C-47 43-15298 at RAF North Front, Gibraltar. Died non Battle (DNB). |
Los Angeles County, CA, USA | |||
Based |
Greenham Common | 20 July 1944 | Assigned to 89TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Born |
Los Angeles County, CA, USA |
Revisions
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Into Fields of Fire: The Story of the 438th Troop Carrier Group During World War II By W. L. George Collins
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56662248