Entered the service from Connecticut.
Second Lieutenant Warren W Mason, Service Number: O-813543, co-pilot on B-24 Liberators with the 791st Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group. On 22 Apr 1944, on a mission in B-24 #42-52445, the aircraft was attacked from the rear by ME-410 intruder that had entered the landing pattern of returning ships. Crashed near Barsham, Suffolk. 7 crew killed. 3 gunners bailed out safely.
2Lt. Mason was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
Second Lieutenant Warren W Mason, Service Number: O-813543, co-pilot on B-24 Liberators with the 791st Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group. On 22 Apr 1944, on a mission in B-24 #42-52445, the aircraft was attacked from the rear by ME-410 intruder that had entered the landing pattern of returning ships. Crashed near Barsham, Suffolk. 7 crew killed. 3 gunners bailed out safely.
2Lt. Mason was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
Entered the service from Connecticut.
Second Lieutenant Warren W Mason, Service Number: O-813543, co-pilot on B-24 Liberators with the 791st Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group. On 22 Apr 1944, on a mission in B-24 #42-52445, the aircraft was attacked from the rear by ME-410 intruder that had entered the landing pattern of returning ships. Crashed near Barsham, Suffolk. 7 crew killed. 3 gunners bailed out safely.
2Lt. Mason was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
Second Lieutenant Warren W Mason, Service Number: O-813543, co-pilot on B-24 Liberators with the 791st Bomber Squadron, 467th Bomber Group. On 22 Apr 1944, on a mission in B-24 #42-52445, the aircraft was attacked from the rear by ME-410 intruder that had entered the landing pattern of returning ships. Crashed near Barsham, Suffolk. 7 crew killed. 3 gunners bailed out safely.
2Lt. Mason was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
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