Name | White, Dana Cales ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-813094 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #39 dated 27 February 1944, effective 27 February 1944. |
Duty | Co-pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 13 April 1944 |
Results |
Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery, Princeton, West Virginia |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 3872⇓ (36.923 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. McKinney, Jack Norman⇗ | Pilot | INT |
2nd Lt. White, Dana Cales | Co-pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Fitzsimmons, Willis Ray⇗ | Navigator | KIA |
S/SGT. Coffman, Beryl (NMI)⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Patterson, Robert A⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Foster, Rayford Leo⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | TBD |
SGT. Davis, Hubert Miles⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
SGT. Friess, Earl Henry⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
SGT. Dunn, Lawrence Warren⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TBD |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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80⇗ | 23 March 1944 |
Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑97231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
89⇗ | 13 April 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑97231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down by Me-109s near Coblenz at 1320 hrs; crashed near Reichenbach, Odenwald, Germany. MACR 3872 Sortie Report⇗ |