Thomas W Mast
MilitaryB-17F #42-3506 'Sir Baboon McGoon' was forced to ditch in the North Sea off Ijmuiden after fighter attacks disabled one engine on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944. No loss of life. Entire crew in 2 life rafts during a snow storm. Picked up by German Navy. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395016.jpg?itok=_OYhUvfC)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395013.jpg?itok=t5iaI0Zg)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
![Personnel watch a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3506) nicknamed "Sir Baboon McGoon" of the 91st Bomb Group prepare for take off at Tannington, December 1943. Written on slide casing: 'Sir Baboon McGoon/ 324 BS, Tannington, Suffolk 12/43.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-387999.jpg?itok=-EJuve8i)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sir Baboon McGoon
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
![Aerial photograph of Bassingbourn airfield looking east, Whaddon is at the top, the bomb dump is to the left of the main runway, which runs vertically; the control tower and technical site with four C-Type hangars is on the right, 23 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/692. English Heritage (RAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-564.jpg?itok=RP5XHtbs)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3473 / MACR 3473, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database