Morris D White

Military

Assigned to 833BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. M White crew. 31 x missions. Mostly on B-24 Liberators, latterly on B-17 Flying Forts.

 

Awards: AM, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Dante T Bernini

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32501726
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Marion M Cassel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35630547

Roy G Maurer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Leo J Moffatt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Harold Joseph Schwarz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38396562
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

41-29400

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sagittarius / Sagittarias
  • Unit: 449th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 716th Bomb Squadron

42-52483

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Twentieth Century Wolf
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

42-52695

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Semi Eager, Blazing Betty
  • Unit: 833rd Bomb Squadron 486th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

43-37856

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady V
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 486th Bomb Group

43-38041

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Easy Movement
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Revisions

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https://486th.org/BS833/WhiteM.htm

https://486th.org/BS833/Cole.htm

https://www.fold3.com/image/705528994/492?terms=42,52695

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https://486th.org/BS833/WhiteM.htm

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster