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Personal info

Full name
MASS, Charles
Date of birth
28 July 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32630617
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 October 1943
Place of death
North Sea, off the coast of Denmark

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Harriet (Mass) Vuozzo (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30781
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Gdynia, Poland
Mission: Bombing of the port area
MACR: 945

More information

S/Sgt Charles Mass enlisted in New York City, New York on 14 November 1942.

Plane hit by enemy aircraft, on return from target crashed in North Sea off Denmark. 10 KIA.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record,
www.fold3.com - MACR 945, New York, New York Birth Index

Photo source: André Koch