Charles F Mason
MilitaryAssigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. B-17 42-97524 returned from a mission to Berlin after the top turret caught fire and four crewman baled out on 9-Mar-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR
Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13131697
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20707682 at enlistment, then O-799791
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19073457 / O-680350
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Orange, NJ | 24 January 1920 | |
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Died |
Neptune, NJ | 11 October 2008 | Charles F. Mason, 88, of Toms River, died Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Born in Orange, he lived in Bloomfield before moving to the Shore area in 1980. Mr. Mason served during World War II in the Army Air Corps and as a reserve member of the Army National Guard, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1973. Mr. Mason served as a member of the Bloomfield Fire Department from 1948, retiring with the rank of captain in 1980. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Helen I. Penszynski Mason. He is survived by his two loving sons; five special grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one brother. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown. |
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Buried |
Brig Gen Wm C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery Arneytown, Burlington County, NJ | 15 October 2008 | Brig Gen Wm C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery Arneytown, Burlington County, New Jersey |
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Based |
Snetterton Heath | 9 March 1944 | Assigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons pg 76