Name:
Jack Leonard Mason
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
35393685
Unit:
384th Bomb Group (Heavy)
Date of Death:
1943-07-28
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery
Plot:
O
Row:
9
Grave:
6
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Mason was serving as the Right Waist Gunner on the B-17F "Flying Fortress" known as "Sky Queen" when it encountered enemy fire over The Netherlands and crashed near the town of Opende. He and the rest of the crew were returning from a mission over Kassel, Germany, where there was an airplane factory.