John Dudley Masters
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by flak and crashed at Neu-Schulzendorf on 6/21/44. Navigator John Neel mentioned in his records that Lt Masters died in Prisoner of War (POW) camp 13 days after they crashed B-24 #42-95075.
Masters enlisted registered for the draft on 10/16/40 shortly after his family moved to Kerrville, TX. He received his commission at Marfa (Texas) Air School in November, 1943.
Following his death, he was buried in Kriegerfriedhof Elgsgrund. In 1954, his remains were returned to Kerrville. He lies next to the graves of his parents in the Glen Rest Cemetery.
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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: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35546615
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Happy Hangover
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 June 1944
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Sulphur Springs, Texas | 5 August 1919 | |
|
Other Shot Down |
Berlin | 21 June 1944 | |
|
Died |
3 July 1944 | Died of flak wounds in the neck in Air Force Hospital 1/III Berlin-Reinickendorf | |
|
Buried |
Glen Rest Cemetery, Kerville, Texas | Masters name is also memorialized on the War Memorial on the grounds of the Kerr County Courthouse. | |
| Kerville, Texas |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Brought together information from duplicate record to include:
Information provided by Jeannie Berger who has researched Masters' service.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6231