The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Donald Elton White

817threturned to duty

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Army serial number
O-712327
Rank
2LT (1 October 1944), 2nd Lt. (11 December 1944), 1LT (1 March 1945), 1LT (21 March 1945)
Hometown
WINTERS TX; Winters TX; Winters, TX
Also written
Donald White
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 113
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. another record shares the name White, Donald Elton (units 817th, HQ, serials O-712327, 0712327); may be the same man

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
1 October 1944Air Medal37422LT
1 March 1945Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster10441LT
21 March 1945Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster15961LT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Aboard a lost aircraft

Death notice

Listed in the Association's TAPS column, newsletter 201803, page 2: 8/20/2014, reported by Guy Venier.

Photographs naming him

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Statements, mentions and histories

/2017 GUY VENIER (OBIT) VARSALONA, JOE 816 7/19/2017 GUY VENIER (OBIT) WEIK, GRIFFITH A 815 6/20/2017 GUY VENIER (OBIT) WHITE, DONALD E 817 8/20/2014 GUY VENIER (OBIT) Membership News From the Newsletter Editor Dear Comrades: The December newsletter included a post card (with postage already

White, Donald Elton in newsletter 201803, page 2. 483rd BG Association newsletter, quoted with credit. read the newsletter

4/14/2019 GUY VENIER (OBIT) WAGNER, KENNETH E 816 1/15/2019 KENT WAGNER WATSON, OLIVER 815 6/13/2019 GUY VENIER (OBIT) WHITE, DONALD E 817 8/20/2014 GUY VENIER (OBIT) Did You Know? one engine malfunctioned and caught fire. The pilot This section contains reprints of selected stories and othe

White, Donald Elton in newsletter 201909, page 3. 483rd BG Association newsletter, quoted with credit. read the newsletter

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