Allegiance United Kingdom Service number P/13911 Name Jack Mason | Rank Sergeant Unit No. 11 Squadron RFC | |
Died 1968 (aged 71–72)
Belfast, Northern Ireland Service/branch British Army
Royal Air Force | ||
Sergeant Jack Mason MM (1896–1968) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
In 1917 Mason was a Corporal in the Royal Flying Corps, serving as an observer/gunner in No. 11 Squadron, flying the Bristol F.2b two-seater fighter. His first aerial victory came on 8 June, with Captain Richard Raymond-Barker as his pilot, when he drove down out of control an Albatros D.III over Bohain. On 14 August he drove down an Albatros D.V over Brebières, and on 21 October accounted for three D.Vs over Boiry–Lécluse, with pilot Lieutenant Ronald Mauduit on both occasions.
In November 1917 he was awarded the Military Medal.
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