Norman Francis Massett
MilitaryOn his 6th mission and serving as Co-Pilot, Norman Massett was on board B-17G #42-31157 when it was shot down by Flak on 13 February 1944 and crashed near Abbeville,France after crew baled out on a mission to Ardouval and Marquenville. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2533.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12207566
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
12 March 1921 | New Jersey | |
Enlisted |
13 March 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps at Newark, New Jersey | |
Other Bailed out |
13 February 1944 | of B-17 42-31157, over France | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
13 February 1944 | Interned in Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 25 May 1945." | |
Died |
6 January 1969 | Antioch, California | |
Buried |
Norman Massett rests at the Memory Gardens Cemetery in Concord, Contra Costa County, California |
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ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
Info from son Leigh Massett (2003)
MACR 2533
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
ContributorAAM
Changes
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2533, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces