Toscha Melody Massey
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 51998 - 2nd Lt Toscha Melody Massey, 545BS, 384BG
Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Bill Kopf crew. 4 x combat missions. 10-Oct-43 in B-17 #42-29557 'Yankee Girl' returning from mission, struck hanger at RAF Desford. Returned to Duty (RTD).
Shot down 14-Oct-43 in B-17 #42-3216 'The Joker', Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 841
Awards: PH.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17029122 / O-800900
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mountain Grove, MO | 9 June 1923 | Son of Olga and Azalea Massey. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Crowder, Neosho, MO | 9 April 1942 | Camp Crowder, Neosho, Missouri |
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Based Assigned |
Grafton Underwood | 19 September 1943 - 14 October 1943 | Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Dilsen, Belgium | 14 October 1943 | Damaged by enemy aircraft; exploded and crashed near Dilsen, Belgium; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 841. |
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Buried |
Hillcrest Cemetery Mountain GroveWright CountyMO | Hillcrest Cemetery Mountain Grove Wright County Missouri, USA Plot: SE 1st 13-2 |
Revisions
Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 841 / MACR 841, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p p. 327, 336 , http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
