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Missing Air Crew Report 6464
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Missing Air Crew Reports
Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 01 Aug 1943
Gene W. White.
Waist Gunner · Stampolis Crew · 409th Squadron · Of Rock Island, IL, IA.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Sgt. Gene W. White served as waist gunner aboard B-24D 42-40617 on the low-level Ploesti raid of 1 August 1943. He was reported as a battle casualty on the Missing Air Crew Report.
His aircraft was hit by flak in the bomb bay and crashed in flames in the center of Ploesti. Eyewitnesses confirmed no crew members escaped. His mother, Mrs. Ruth J. White, was listed as next of kin at 1600 11th Street, Rock Island, Illinois.
He was first buried at the temporary American military cemetery in the Ardennes, Belgium (Block U, Row 8, Grave 176), and now rests at the Ardennes American Cemetery at Neupré, Belgium (Plot C, Row 6, Grave 30).
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Waist Gunner
Serial Number
16018747
Hometown
Rock Island, IL, IA
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 115
01 Aug 1943
Ploesti Oil Fields
“José Carioca”
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Ardennes American Cemetery
Location
Neupré, Belgium
Burial
C 6 30
Photographs.
4 on file
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
Second Air Division
Roll of Honor
Published