Pilot 1/Lt Harley B.Mason, POW
Squadron: 566th BS 389th Bomb Group
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with oak Leaf Clusters Purple Heart.
Target Cognac, France
USAAF MACR#: 2351
Date Lost: 5-Dec-43
Serial Number: 42-40738
Aircraft Model B-24D-90-CO
Aircraft Letter: J-
Aircraft Name: OKLAHOMAN
Location: Crashed at Painbosuf, France
Cause: AA, direct hit.
Notes: See Mighty Eighth War Diary for picture of OKLAHOMAN
2nd Lt later 1st Lt Harley Mason was a Ploesti Raider having participated in " Operation Tidal Wave " raid on Rumanian oil wells August 1st 1943.
On December 5, 1943 the 389th BG set out against Cognac, France. Poor weather forced the group to bomb St. Nazaire instead. Over the secondary target,THE OKLAHOMAN was hit by flak and came apart. One man, Lt. Harley Mason of the 566th BS, survived and became a POW.
OKLAHOMAN Crew
lT. Harley B.Mason Pilot POW
Flt/Of Thomas G. Baum Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt James F. Nolan Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Robert W. McNair Radio Op. KIA
M/Sgt. Edward M. Lesnak Togler KIA
S/Sgt. Martin E. Marzolf Gunner KIA
T/Sgt Rudolph O. Anchondo Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Doyle L. Kirkland Gunner KIA
T/Sgt. Walter E. Taylor Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Lester T Ward Gunner KIA
Squadron: 566th BS 389th Bomb Group
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with oak Leaf Clusters Purple Heart.
Target Cognac, France
USAAF MACR#: 2351
Date Lost: 5-Dec-43
Serial Number: 42-40738
Aircraft Model B-24D-90-CO
Aircraft Letter: J-
Aircraft Name: OKLAHOMAN
Location: Crashed at Painbosuf, France
Cause: AA, direct hit.
Notes: See Mighty Eighth War Diary for picture of OKLAHOMAN
2nd Lt later 1st Lt Harley Mason was a Ploesti Raider having participated in " Operation Tidal Wave " raid on Rumanian oil wells August 1st 1943.
On December 5, 1943 the 389th BG set out against Cognac, France. Poor weather forced the group to bomb St. Nazaire instead. Over the secondary target,THE OKLAHOMAN was hit by flak and came apart. One man, Lt. Harley Mason of the 566th BS, survived and became a POW.
OKLAHOMAN Crew
lT. Harley B.Mason Pilot POW
Flt/Of Thomas G. Baum Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt James F. Nolan Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Robert W. McNair Radio Op. KIA
M/Sgt. Edward M. Lesnak Togler KIA
S/Sgt. Martin E. Marzolf Gunner KIA
T/Sgt Rudolph O. Anchondo Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Doyle L. Kirkland Gunner KIA
T/Sgt. Walter E. Taylor Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Lester T Ward Gunner KIA
Pilot 1/Lt Harley B.Mason, POW
Squadron: 566th BS 389th Bomb Group
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with oak Leaf Clusters Purple Heart.
Target Cognac, France
USAAF MACR#: 2351
Date Lost: 5-Dec-43
Serial Number: 42-40738
Aircraft Model B-24D-90-CO
Aircraft Letter: J-
Aircraft Name: OKLAHOMAN
Location: Crashed at Painbosuf, France
Cause: AA, direct hit.
Notes: See Mighty Eighth War Diary for picture of OKLAHOMAN
2nd Lt later 1st Lt Harley Mason was a Ploesti Raider having participated in " Operation Tidal Wave " raid on Rumanian oil wells August 1st 1943.
On December 5, 1943 the 389th BG set out against Cognac, France. Poor weather forced the group to bomb St. Nazaire instead. Over the secondary target,THE OKLAHOMAN was hit by flak and came apart. One man, Lt. Harley Mason of the 566th BS, survived and became a POW.
OKLAHOMAN Crew
lT. Harley B.Mason Pilot POW
Flt/Of Thomas G. Baum Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt James F. Nolan Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Robert W. McNair Radio Op. KIA
M/Sgt. Edward M. Lesnak Togler KIA
S/Sgt. Martin E. Marzolf Gunner KIA
T/Sgt Rudolph O. Anchondo Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Doyle L. Kirkland Gunner KIA
T/Sgt. Walter E. Taylor Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Lester T Ward Gunner KIA
Squadron: 566th BS 389th Bomb Group
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with oak Leaf Clusters Purple Heart.
Target Cognac, France
USAAF MACR#: 2351
Date Lost: 5-Dec-43
Serial Number: 42-40738
Aircraft Model B-24D-90-CO
Aircraft Letter: J-
Aircraft Name: OKLAHOMAN
Location: Crashed at Painbosuf, France
Cause: AA, direct hit.
Notes: See Mighty Eighth War Diary for picture of OKLAHOMAN
2nd Lt later 1st Lt Harley Mason was a Ploesti Raider having participated in " Operation Tidal Wave " raid on Rumanian oil wells August 1st 1943.
On December 5, 1943 the 389th BG set out against Cognac, France. Poor weather forced the group to bomb St. Nazaire instead. Over the secondary target,THE OKLAHOMAN was hit by flak and came apart. One man, Lt. Harley Mason of the 566th BS, survived and became a POW.
OKLAHOMAN Crew
lT. Harley B.Mason Pilot POW
Flt/Of Thomas G. Baum Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt James F. Nolan Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Robert W. McNair Radio Op. KIA
M/Sgt. Edward M. Lesnak Togler KIA
S/Sgt. Martin E. Marzolf Gunner KIA
T/Sgt Rudolph O. Anchondo Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Doyle L. Kirkland Gunner KIA
T/Sgt. Walter E. Taylor Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Lester T Ward Gunner KIA
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