Donald Joy Masterson

Military

Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97372. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #4349



POW

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Luther Irwin Kelley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37344959
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).'

Tommy Page Lott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17029188
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Joseph Emmett McLimans

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37468238
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).'

Richard Arthur Patefield

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-123951
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Graduated Bombardier School

20 July 1922

Other

Assigned

16 April 1944 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, William L. Bice Crew. One combat mission.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 April 1944 POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Died

27 March 1986 Burial: Haven of Memories Cemetery Canton Van Zandt County Texas, USA

Other

Graduated Bombardier School

New Mexico, USA Roswell Army Airfield, New Mexico, Class 43-11.

Revisions

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Personal correspondence with bobby Lee Sillman, (Facebook), Hobbs AAF, New Mexico.

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Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=masterson&GSbyrel…;

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384thbombgroup.com http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2509

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4349 / MACR 4349, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database