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Robert Burdette White, the son of Curtis and Hazel (Fitch) White, was born on August 11, 1921, in Schenectady, New York. He attended Mont Pleasant High School and worked for General Electric after graduating.
On February 22, 1943, Robert in the United States Army Air Corps. He held the rank of Second Lieutenant and served with the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. On a flight to bomb targets in the city of Mannheim, Robert was the co-pilot of a B-17 G Flying Fortress. While on the mission, the B-17 G was hit by anti-aircraft flak and crashed in Germany. Seven crew members were killed. Robert is buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery and Memorial Park, Colonie, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry