Stanley B Mason
MilitaryRemoved incorrect associations to Framlingham and Parham Airfield Museum. As per IWM's War Memorials Register this memorial is located on Pen Y Gadair Fawr mountain peak near Llanbedr village in Wales.
Shot down 16 September in B-17 #42-5903 'Ascend Charlie'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Staff Sergeant Stanley B. Mason was born September 15, 1920. His next of kin were his parents, Joseph and Florence Mason. His hometown was Renovo, Pennsylvania.
He was the Left Waist Gunner aboard “Ascend Charlie,” B-17 tail #42-5903, of the 390th Bomb Group, 571st Bomb Squadron. On return from a mission to France on September 16, 1943, the bomber become lost in bad weather, and crashed into a mountain near Brecknoch, Wales. All aboard were killed.
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at Cambridge, England.
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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: Ascend Charlie
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pennsylvania, USA | 15 September 1920 | Staff Sergeant Stanley B. Mason was born September 15, 1920. His next of kin were his parents, Joseph and Florence Mason. His hometown was Renovo, Pennsylvania. |
Died |
16 September 1943 | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Wales | 16 September 1943 | He was the Left Waist Gunner aboard “Ascend Charlie,” B-17 tail #42-5903, of the 390th Bomb Group, 571st Bomb Squadron. On return from a mission to France on September 16, 1943, the bomber become lost in bad weather, and crashed into a mountain near Brecknoch, Wales. All aboard were killed. |
Buried |
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at Cambridge, England. |
Revisions
Added S/N from "WWII Army and Army Air Force Casualties" records for Pennsylvania at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3720 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database