Calvin H White
Military
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UPL 45985
In uniform
Photos provided by Dr. Donna White, daughter
Assigned to 78TCS, 435TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) resupply mission to Bastogne in C-47 43-30731 hit by flak in starboard undercarriage, which drooped down causing drag and with starboard engine afire crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10706.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 435th Troop Carrier Group 78th Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Welford Park
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Baltimore County, MD, USA | 8 June 1919 | |
Enlisted |
Pikesville, MD, USA | 3 February 1941 | Pikesville, Maryland |
Other Shot down |
6987 Marcourt, Belgium | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) resupply mission to Bastogne in C-47 43-30731 hit by flak in starboard undercarriage, which drooped down causing drag and with starboard engine afire crew baled out. POW. MACR 10706. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
Boone County, KY, USA | 7 April 1974 | |
Buried |
Burlington IOOF Cemetery Burlington Boone County KY | 11 April 1974 | Burlington IOOF Cemetery Burlington Boone County Kentucky, USA |
Baltimore, MD, USA | |||
Based |
Welford | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 78TCS, 435TCG, 9AF USAAF. |