Oswald J Masoni
MilitaryAssociated Masoni based on caption
Assigned to 524BS, 358BG, 8AF USAAF. On 4-Jul-44 returning from France in "Twentieth Century" B17 42-32000 which had lost 2 engines due to flak damage. Over England, a third engine lost power. A/c made a wheels up landing in a field behind the house of Miss Cheney, 18 Downview Road, Felpham, Sussex. The crew had tea with Miss Cheney. 10 RTD with 2 injured. Clifford M. Blue crew.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Masoni left the US Army Air Forces with the rank of Captain to pursue a legal career as an Attorney/ Lawyer.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16077202 / O-671856
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13062813 / O-8077294
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bronx, NY | 20 March 1923 | Son of Joseph and Ida Masoni. |
Other First Tour of Duty |
11 April 1943 - 2 February 1944 | ||
Enlisted |
11 April 1943 | ||
Other Second Tour of Duty |
5 February 1944 - 30 October 1945 | ||
Other Crash Landed |
Felpham, West Sussex, UK | 4 July 1944 | |
Other Discharged USAAF |
30 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Other Third Tour of Duty |
11 February 1951 - 12 February 1953 | ||
Enlisted |
11 February 1951 | ||
Other Discharged USAF |
12 February 1953 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
16 December 1988 | ||
Buried |
Hillcrest Cemetery Conway, Horry County, SC | 19 December 1988 | Hillcrest Cemetery Conway, Horry County, South Carolina |
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information provided by Paul Masoni (Son)
Department of Veterans affairs record.
Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p p. 27-8 w/ pix of ac / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia