P-51B-1-NA - GQ-D - #43-12264 "Sweet Suzanne" lost at Blokzijl on 03-03-1944
At the date of 03-03-1944, time: 1110, the aircraft type P-51 has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: 6 km NW Blokzijl. The unit of crew and plane is: 354FG/355FS. First flyer rank: 2nd Lieutenant, name: H.B. White. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
Point of departure: 10:00am - AAF Station 150, Boxted, Essex, UK - Course 270
Type of mission: Penetration Support - heading Berlin
Weather: 5/10 to 10/10 cirro cumulus tops 29000 ft. visibility excellent, except in clouds
14102028 - O-744813 - 2nd Lt. - Fighter Pilot Horace 'Hal' Bedford White - Memphis, TN - POW - Stalag Luft 1
2nd Lt. Horace Bedford White Jr. born 8 Mar 1923, Texas - died 26 Sep 2000, California - Age 77
Son of Mr. Horace B. White Sr. and Mrs. Ruth M. White, Memphis City, Shelby County, Tennessee
Enlistment: 1 Apr 1942, Memphis, TN, USA - Occupation: Aeronautical Engineer
info: AAD archives and US census 2 April 1930
"...... 11:05 - Engine failure over Emden, Germany - tried to reach England, but crash landed near Blokzijl
Hid in haystack, next day contact with Group Vollenhove [Weijs, Kingma] and heading North towards Leeuwarden
stayed for 14 weeks with the underground in Friesland
later by train via Amsterdam to the province of North-Brabant - stayed with fam. Otten, Erp (24-26 Jun 1944) ......"
- write-up 2nd Lt. Horace B. White - guestbook fam. Otten -
via G. Weijs, Verlaat, Blokzijl to Marten Kingma, Voorpoort A 22 g, Vollenhove
next day he was passed to Jilles Zylstra, Drachten
- info from 'Kingma' helper file - "The National Archives" - received 23 Mar 2011 -
14102028 - O-744813 - 2nd Lt. - Fighter Pilot Horace 'Hal' Bedford White - Memphis, TN - POW - Stalag Luft 1
2nd Lt. Horace Bedford White Jr. born 8 Mar 1923, Texas - died 26 Sep 2000, California - Age 77
Son of Mr. Horace B. White Sr. and Mrs. Ruth M. White, Memphis City, Shelby County, Tennessee
Enlistment: 1 Apr 1942, Memphis, TN, USA - Occupation: Aeronautical Engineer
info: AAD archives and US census 2 April 1930
Captured afterwards by Gestapo in Antwerp, Belgium
Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 - liberated 1 May 1945 - 1 Jun 1945 back in USA
Horace 'Hal' Bedford White
Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)