William Webb White

Military

Shot down on 31 Dec 1943. His plane, 'Piccadilly Commando,' #42-29630, ditched in the English Channel, rescued by German Navy. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany, until April 1945 when released by Russian Army. Retired as a Lt Col, USAF, in 1964. Flew in WW II (B-17), Korea (RB-29), and Vietnam (EB-66)



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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

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Born

St Paul, Minnesota 17 March 1917

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1985