Calvin H White

Military
media-45985.jpeg UPL 45985 In uniform

Photos provided by Dr. Donna White, daughter

Object Number - UPL 45985 - In uniform

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

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
B-24 Liberators of the 467th Bomb Group lined up at Rackheath. B-24 (4z-E+, serial number 42-94910) is visible in the foreground. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Rackheath.'
  • 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.

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Details modified by Stephen White, son, November 19, 2020

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