Wallace A Mason

Military
media-7421.jpeg UPL 7421 1LT Wallace A. "Red" Mason
Pilot
Crew #419/639
466th BG

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7421 - 1LT Wallace A. "Red" Mason Pilot Crew #419/639 466th BG

Retired as a Colonel after also flying during the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James J Berlinger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Frank Johnston Dever

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-122800
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Louis J Paramo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19142282
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Herschel Francis Stripe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-52509

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Aint Mis Behavin
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

9 March 1921

Died

College Station, TX, USA 3 July 2005

Buried

College Station, TX, USA 8 July 2005 College Station Cemetery College Station Brazos County Texas, USA
Dallas, TX, USA 507 10th Street

Revisions

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466th Bomb Group Daily Reports. NARA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 348

Wallace A Mason: Gallery (3 items)

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