Alfred Antonio Mash
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'G. I. Gal' 42-40371 1-Aug-43; Shot down. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2412
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC),PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: GI Gal
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Portland, Oregon | 26 July 1921 | Son of Joe Mash. |
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Enlisted |
Portland, OR | 8 August 1942 | Portland, Oregon |
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Other Baled out POW |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'G. I. Gal' 42-40371 1-Aug-43; Shot down. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2412 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Bucharest, Romania |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
15 July 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
30 August 1996 | ||
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Buried |
Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, OR | 4 September 1996 | Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon |
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Based |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2412