Vincent W Masters
Military
Object Number - UPL 22314 - Lt. Luverne F Abendroth. 3rd Scouting Force, ex 486th Bomb Group. Flew 42 missions with 3SF but details of assigned a/c currently unknown. He is seen...
1st Pilot to Lead Pilot to Squadron Operations Officer. Completed required 28 missions.
Lead Pilot for wing on Regensburg Shuttle mission to Bone, North Africa. Forced to ditch on return to base in England. Masters became the Commanding Officer of 3rd Scouting Force.
Transferred to 3rd AD HQ as Deputy Chief Staff Operations.
He afterwards trained as a doctor and in 1975 was Director of Gynecology at the University of Georgia and also president of the 1977 385th reunion committee.
Transferred to Continental Air Force, Bolling Field, DC to form Scouting Force for 20th AF under Generals Earl Partridge and Curtis LeMay when the war ended.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
![A bomber crew of the 385th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 6 Nov 1943.' [stamp] and '291701.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: Printed caption on reverse: 'US AIRFORCE IN GREAT DAYLIGHT OFFENSIVE ON EUROPE. The great daylight offensive on Europe continues, targets in Germany, France and Belgium being attacked by great formations of bombers and fighters from the US Army Air Force and the RAF. Photo shows: Before t](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380140.jpg.webp?itok=3DyNylCs)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
![First Lieutenant Louis A. Dentoni of the 385th Bomb Group checks the bomb load of his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lulu Belle" before a mission. Passed for publication 25 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Youth Of The Flying Fortresses. USP/224I-49. A Flying Fortress hero - the leading bombadier[sic] of this Flying Fortress group who is only 24 years of age. He is 1/Lt. Louis A. Dentoni, here seen in the bomb bay of his Fort, checking the load before the take-off on another mission in the "Lulu Be](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413630.jpg.webp?itok=F7rJs_L0)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19036033 on enlistment, O-735978
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Group Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lulu Belle
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Corona, California | 29 February 1920 | |
|
Enlisted |
28 January 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
Revisions
NARA files verified DFC w/one oak leaf cluster and the BSM. His DFCs were awarded as a Captain and the BSM was awarded as a Lieutenant Colonel. Based on date of entry in 1942, he earned the ACM and at least one bronze star on the EAME Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
