ISOB White
Details:
Grave: 24. A. 17
A standard Commonwealth Grave Commission (CWGC) inscribed gravestone.
Pilot Officer William J. White was born in 1920 in Kansas. He joined Royal Air Force Reserve (RAFVR,) assigned to 133S member of B flight.
En Route to Eglinton, flying Hawker Hurricanes, while letting down in bad weather to refuel on the Isle of Man, a portion of "B" Flight hit a mountain and all were killed. 'Killed In Action KIA. 8-10-41.
A memorial on the Isle of Man remembers the four pilots of Flight B who perished there on October 8, 1941 (See this website- Isle of Man for more information).
From the CWGC Files:
PILOT OFFICER WILLIAM JOSEPH WHITE
Service Number: 100535
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; 133 (Eagle) Sqdn.
Died: 08 October 1941
Age 21 years old
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Additional Info: Son of J. B. White and Feliceine White, of Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A.
Personal Inscription:
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
Monument Text:
PILOT OFFICER
W. J. WHITE
PILOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
08 OCTOBER 1941 AGE 21
(CROSS)
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
