Ernest Mason

Infobox Military Person
name= Ernest Mason
lived= - 15 February 1942
placeofbirth=England
placeofdeath=Martuba, Egypt


caption=
nickname= Imshi
allegiance=flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
service years= 1938 - 1942.
rank= Squadron Leader
branch= air force|United Kingdom
commands= 112 Squadron
80 Squadron
274 Squadron
units= 112 Squadron
80 Squadron
274 Squadron
battles= World War II
* Battle of France
* Battle of Britain
* Balkans Campaign
* North African Campaign
awards=Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar
laterwork=

Ernest "Imshi" Mason DFC and Bar was a British World War II flying ace, credited with 15 "Luftwaffe" and "Regia Aeronautica" aircraft destroyed and two shared destroyed.

RAF career

Among Mason's notable victims were Tenente Oscar Abello and "Sergente" Pardino Pardini of "70a Squadriglia", "Regia Aeronautica", victims number six and seven, both shot down on the same mission over Greece on 5 January 1941. [ [http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/italy_abello.htm Tenente Oscar Abello Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Militare 25 September 1916 – 5 January 1941] On 15 February 1942, Mason led a ground attack mission against a known "Luftwaffe" base at Martuba, Egypt. His flight was bounced by "Jagdgeschwader 27" Messerschmitt Bf 109s led by the German ace Otto Schulz. Four Hurricanes were shot down, including Mason's. He was killed, becoming Schulz's 40th victim. [ [http://www.luftwaffe.cz/schulz.html Otto Schulz] ] [Thomas 2005, p. 25.]

References

Bilbliography

* [http://www.luftwaffe.cz/schulz.html Otto Schulz]
* Holmes, Tony. "Hurricane Aces 1939 - 1940". Osprey Publishing. London. 1998. ISBN 978-1-85532-597-5
* Thomas, Andrew. 2005, "Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth". Oxford, England: Osprey Publications, ISBN 978-1-84176-083-4

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