Hardy Preston White Jr

Military
media-40010.png UPL 40010 Hardy 'Red' Preston White Jr

Flight training yearbook

Object Number - UPL 40010 - Hardy 'Red' Preston White Jr

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. ETD



[Diary and photos accompany database form. ]On February 24, 1944 flew mission to Schweinfurt. On leaving target made slow turn to right and saw ground to air rocket coming at our aircraft. Came over right trailing edge and down between # 3&4 [engines. ] This was the only time I saw such a rocket. On March 4, 1944 the 379th flew with 41st Combat Wing to Berlin. The 8th AF was recalled, all but 41st Wing -- 31 B-17s went on alone to Berlin, were met at target by a squadron of P-51s. For this mission the 41st Wing received the Presidential Unit Citation.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME, DUC.



Post war: Served in Korean conflict.

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Aircraft

42-31648

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ensign Mary
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

42-31720

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Blue Blazing Blizzard
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

42-31927

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
A bomber crew of the 379th Bomb Group, and their mascot "Scragg", with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32024) nicknamed "Swamp Fire". Image via Byron Clark. A printed caption has been attached to the reverse: 'Swamp Fire First Crew. Kimbolton, May 1 1944 [handwritten annotation to this says: 'Photo Taken.']. Rear Row, L to R. Berj Bejian- Engineer & Top Turret, Roy Avery- Waist Gunner, Andrew Stroman- Ball Turret, John Rose- Waist Gunner, Elijah Lewis- Tail Gunner, Edward Pryzybyla- Radio Gun

42-32024

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Swamp Fire
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-H, serial number 42-38111) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats", April 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'April 1944, my patched up B-17 "Mairzy Doats" on hardstand.'

42-38111

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Springfield, Missouri 3 November 1919 Son of Hardy Preston Snr and Anna Faye [Gugel] White.

Enlisted

Oklahoma City, OK 17 January 1942 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Died

Owasso, OK 1 April 2009

Buried

Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, OK 3 April 2009 Fort Gibson National Cemetery Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, OK

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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