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Sgt John White Jr.
- Birth
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Madison, Somerset County, Maine, USA
- Death
- 19 Mar 1945 (aged 23)
Couvron-et-Aumencourt, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
- Burial
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Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
- Plot
- Section 44, Lot 14513
- Memorial ID
- 81421913 · View Source
- Created by: Paul Webber
- Added: Dec 2, 2011
- Find a Grave Memorial ID:
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81421913/john-white: accessed ), memorial page for Sgt John White Jr. (5 Jul 1921–19 Mar 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 81421913, citing Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Paul Webber (contributor 47577572).
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Then Corporal John White Jr, Army serial number 31183916, who was killed in action in France on March 19, 1945.
(Detail from a photo provided by Norma Pahr, sister of Gunnar K. Olsen, who was the navigator on the crew of Daniel C. Smoke Jr)
(Detail from a photo provided by Norma Pahr, sister of Gunnar K. Olsen, who was the navigator on the crew of Daniel C. Smoke Jr)
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Photo courtesy of Sandra Bellanger in 2008. It is posted on her page 'A Memorial Day Request From The Other Side', and on the 487th Bomb Group Association KIA/MIA page.
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The crew of Lt Daniel C. Smoke Jr outside the mess hall at Hunter Army Air Field, Savannah, Georgia. The crew completed B-17 operational training at Biloxi, Mississippi, and was sent to Hunter Field to pick up a new B-17 for the deployment to England.
Back row (L to R):
Sgt John White Jr (engineer), Sgt Harold J. Stone (radio operator), Sgt Richard E. Burres (tail gunner), Sgt Elmer E. Koepsell (waist gunner), and Sgt David W. Sala (ball turret gunner).
Front row (L to R):
2/Lt Daniel C. Smoke Jr (pilot), F/O George H. Pendarvis (copilot), F/O Gunnar K. Olsen (navigator), and 2/Lt John H. Strong (bombardier)
These men all perished in B-17G 43-38038 in a midair collision over France on March 19, 1945.
Notes:
1. Richard E. Burres is identified by John R. Burres, his brother.
2. Elmer E. Koepsell is identified by William G. Koepsell, his son.
3. George H. Pendarvis is identified by Tom Falconer, his nephew.
4. Gunnar K. Olsen is identified by Norma Pahr, his sister.
5. The identities of Lt Smoke, F/O Pendarvis, and Lt Strong are confirmed by Norma Pahr.
6. The identities of Harold J. Stone and John White Jr are confirmed by comparison with another photo from Norma Pahr.
7. The location of this photo is confirmed by Jack O'Leary in a thread posted on the facebook page of The Eighth Air Force Historical Society (official) on September 9, 2013:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=617825511602102
(Photo provided by Norma Pahr, sister of Gunnar K. Olsen, via her granddaughter Jennifer Ziesemer. A copy of this photo provided by William Koepsell is featured on page 269 of The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H) by Ivo de Jong.)
Back row (L to R):
Sgt John White Jr (engineer), Sgt Harold J. Stone (radio operator), Sgt Richard E. Burres (tail gunner), Sgt Elmer E. Koepsell (waist gunner), and Sgt David W. Sala (ball turret gunner).
Front row (L to R):
2/Lt Daniel C. Smoke Jr (pilot), F/O George H. Pendarvis (copilot), F/O Gunnar K. Olsen (navigator), and 2/Lt John H. Strong (bombardier)
These men all perished in B-17G 43-38038 in a midair collision over France on March 19, 1945.
Notes:
1. Richard E. Burres is identified by John R. Burres, his brother.
2. Elmer E. Koepsell is identified by William G. Koepsell, his son.
3. George H. Pendarvis is identified by Tom Falconer, his nephew.
4. Gunnar K. Olsen is identified by Norma Pahr, his sister.
5. The identities of Lt Smoke, F/O Pendarvis, and Lt Strong are confirmed by Norma Pahr.
6. The identities of Harold J. Stone and John White Jr are confirmed by comparison with another photo from Norma Pahr.
7. The location of this photo is confirmed by Jack O'Leary in a thread posted on the facebook page of The Eighth Air Force Historical Society (official) on September 9, 2013:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=617825511602102
(Photo provided by Norma Pahr, sister of Gunnar K. Olsen, via her granddaughter Jennifer Ziesemer. A copy of this photo provided by William Koepsell is featured on page 269 of The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H) by Ivo de Jong.)
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Four members of the crew of Daniel C. Smoke Jr socializing at a club or restaurant. This photo could have been taken at Biloxi, Mississippi, during the crew's B-17 operational training; or at Hunter Army Air Field near Savannah, Georgia, just prior to overseas deployment in February 1945.
Left to Right: Harold J. Stone (radio operator), George H. Pendarvis (copilot), Gunnar K. Olsen (navigator), and John White Jr (engineer).
(Photo provided by Norma Pahr, sister of F/O Gunnar K. Olsen. The notes at the bottom of the photo were made by F/O Olsen.)
Left to Right: Harold J. Stone (radio operator), George H. Pendarvis (copilot), Gunnar K. Olsen (navigator), and John White Jr (engineer).
(Photo provided by Norma Pahr, sister of F/O Gunnar K. Olsen. The notes at the bottom of the photo were made by F/O Olsen.)
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