Harry G Mason
Military
(Left to right) Front row, Sgt. Alfred Wendt, tail gunner; TSgt. Joseph Kobierecki, ball turret gunner; Sgt. Ralph Braswell, waist gunner; Sgt. Spears; SSgt Carrol Rowley, top turret gunner; SSgt Thomas Dempsey, radio operator.
Back row, 1st Lt. William R. Lawley, Jr., aircraft commander; Lt. Paul Murphy, co-pilot; Lt. Harry Seraphine, navigator; Lt. Harry Mason, bombardier.
Object Number - UPL 55738 - William R Lawley Jr Crew. (Left to right) Front row, Sgt. Alfred Wendt, tail gunner; TSgt. Joseph Kobierecki, ball turret gunner; Sgt. Ralph...
B-17G #42-38109 'Cabin in the Sky' crash landed at RAF Redhill, Surrey on return from a mission to Leipzig on 20 Feb 1944. RTD. He was awarded the Silver Star for bravery when he helped Medal of Honor Winner Wm. Lawley get their plane back to base because so many crew members were wounded they couldn't bail out. Mason even took control of the plane when Lawley passed out from loss of blood but woke him up because Mason knew he couldn't land the plane.
Silver Star
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cabin in the Sky
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 February 1944
Revisions
Added connections to the 8th AF and to 8th AF mission #226 for 20 Feb 1944.
Added a connection to A/C #42-38109 mentioned in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
