White, John Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Arthur |
Surname | White |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas White, and of Agnes White, of Croxdale, Co. Durham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV875 |
Markings | HD-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Meharicourt Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Brit. Plot. Grave 22. |
Epitaph | ON WHOSE SOUL, SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY. REST IN PEACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 263 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1548168 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 466 (Australian) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, North End Park, Driffield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the men and women of 462 and 466 Sqns RAAF who served in Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1926/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1926/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-04-1944 |
End Date | 11-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Tergnier- to bomb railway yards. 157 Halifaxes and 10 PFF Mosquitoes. 10 Halifaxes were Lost Much damage was caused to the railway yards |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Rosieres-en-Santerre in the Somme, France |