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219321 Sgt. Reginald James White Royal Air Force 51 Squadron from:Wishford, Wiltshire (d.16th Jan 1942) I know very little of my Uncle Sgt. Reginald White, he was my mother's elder brother, he served with the RAF in 51 Squadron and died at the age of 19 when his Whitley bomber was shot down. He was a rear gunner. Members of my family have visited his grave at Rottevale in Holland. Recently his younger step brother visited, and was very surprised at the welcome and hospitality shown by the villagers, who still hold an annual service for the war graves in their local parish church. All the facts I know are below, and were gathered from this site, where there are details of the two other brave young men who lost their lives that night. The bravery of young men such as my Uncle are an inspiration to me. He is buried in the cemetery of the Protestant Church in Rottevalle along with two of his fellow crewmen who also lost theirs lives that night However there is a mystery in that the graves state that they were killed on 23rd October 1942, yet records show that it was 15th January 1942 at 1758 they took off from RAF Dishforth. Their aircraft was a Whitley, number Z9424 of No. 51 Squadron RAF. There are rumours that the crew were injured, and locals hid them, but unfortunately they died of their injuries and were buried much later in secret. His last mission was a bombing raid at the port of Emden. The aircraft was shot down over the Netherlands by the German night-fighter Unteroffizier Kurt Zipperlein, 4./NJG1 and crashed down at 0330 in Rottevalle. Three of the six crew members died in the crash, they are buried here. The other three crew members were taken prisoner of war by the Germans. The graves are for: Flt. Sgt. (Air Ob.) Sydney Clarence Camp, R/71752, RCAF, age 23 Sgt. (Pilot) Eric John Richards, 1162205, RAF, age unknown Sgt. (Air Gnr.) Reginald James White, 624058, RAF, age 19 (my uncle) This small but wonderful information which brings me closer to a lost relative was gathered from http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/20869/Commonwealth-War-Graves-Rottevalle.htm Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.