USAAF
13th AF
347th FG
339th FS
Pilot 2nd Lt. Donald G. White, O-730689 (MIA/KIA) Coldwater, KS
MIA February 14, 1943 "Saint Valentines Day Massacre"
MACR 583
Mission History
Took off from Fighter 2 (Kukum) on an escort mission for PB4Y Liberators atacking shipping in the Buin-Shortland area.
After the bomb run, the formation was intercepted. Engaged in combat from 10:00 - 13:00 local with A6M Zeros of the 204th Kokutai.
This Lightning failed to return, possibly a mid-air collision (with P-38G piloted by Finkenstein) in the vicinity of Shortland.
Memorials
White was declared dead on December 15, 1945. He is memorialized on the tablets of the missing at Manila American Cemetery.
References
Thanks to Paul A. Roales for MACR
P-38
MIA
