LEST WE FORGET
Captain Albert Frederick John Nethercott WHITE
Service No: QX4878 (Australian Army)
Born: Dundalk, Ireland, 4 November 1906
Enlisted in the Army: 9 January 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: New Guinea Force Air Liaison Group
Died: Aircraft Accident: (90th Squadron (USAAF) B-25 aircraft 41-12969), Dobodura PNG, 30 April 1943, Aged 36 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick George and Alice White; husband of Edith Alma White, of Annerley, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 11, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Captain White was killed when 90th Squadron B-25 Mitchell aircraft 41-12969 crashed just after take-off while on a low flying pass of the airfield at Dobodura on 30 April 1943. The aircraft pulled up to break away but one wing stalled and the aircraft crashed, catching fire and all on board were killed.
The crew members of 41-12969 were:
Second Lieutenant John J Clarke (O-789455) (USAAF) (Navigator)
Second Lieutenant Frederick H Ensminger (O-726762) (USAAF) (Co-Pilot)
Sergeant Robert L Fecitt (11024132) (USAAF) (Assistant Flight Engineer)
Major Edward L Larner (O-382601) (USAAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Berj Manuellian (11023263) (USAAF) (Flight Engineer)
Staff Sergeant Vernon Moore (6973069) (USAAF) (Radio Operator)
Staff Sergeant Colombus G Pelham (6925229) (USAAF) (Upper Gunner)
Captain Albert Frederick John Nethercott White (QX4878) (Air Liaison Officer, Supernumerary)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Baker, N. (Nicola) More Than Little Heroes: Australian Army Air Liaison Officers in WWII, Australian National University Canberra ACT 2600, 1994
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record B883, QX4878