Floyd H Mason

Military

Prisoner of War (POW). July 28, 1944 ejected after mid air collision and crashed at Offilin on 7/28/44 in B-17 #4297555. Flew 33 combat missions. Remained in military retiring as Col. and serving in Vietnam



POW. SS, LOM, DFCw/ Oak Leaf Clusters, ATM,

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Units served with

Aircraft

Two pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, (MZ-F, serial number 42-97555) and (MZ-T, serial number 42-97627), of the 96th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '59089 A.C. PFF planes such as these flying high above German targets were able to see covered objectives thousands of feet below mirrored as small clusters of light in the screen of the Mickey instrument which they caried. The revolving micro-wave antenna which sends out and picks up impulses is housed in the covered "blister" in back of the bomb ba

42-97555

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Island F For Fox
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

13 June 2011

Born

Atlanta, GA, USA

Buried

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 28 July 1944

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ContributorGingerchica
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People Colleen. Mason's daughter, Pamela

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7880 / MACR 7880, obit The Washington Post July 3, 2011 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database