In Memory Of

WHITE, MICHAEL GRANT

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 75645V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-05-03
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Kittyhawk IV FX622, shot down near Rieti, believed shot down by Bf109's - aircraft later recovered and used by 450 Sqdn, the aircraft discovery near Rieti led to the burial location of the pilot, he had been buried in a vault of a local church, but because he had not been wearing his identity disc his location had not been known for some time
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XX. J. 7.
Cemetery:
 BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Albert and Lyndall White, of Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. Born Lourenco Marques. A bank clerk.