Joe L Mason

Military

Over 2800 hours flying time without an accident.

DSC/ SS/ DFC w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

352nd Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.

486th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Col. Joe L Mason with his crew chief S/Sgt. Wayne Stock.

Headquarters (352nd Fighter Group)

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Washington DC	10 April 1915
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD)
Other Promoted
Other Reassigned

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:15:21

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45