branch commands death_place death_date units birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date nickname rank article_title name
united kingdom 112 raf squadron 80 squadron 274 squadron no 94 squadron martuba , egypt 15 february 1942 -lrb- aged 28 -rrb- 112 squadron 80 squadron 274 squadron england united kingdom united kingdom distinguished flying cross & bar world war ii 29 july 1913 imshi squadron leader ernest mason
 ernest mason
ernest mason

ernest `` imshi '' mason dfc and bar -lrb- 29 july 1913 -- 15 february 1942 -rrb- was a british world war ii flying ace , credited with one `` luftwaffe '' and 14 `` regia aeronautica '' aircraft destroyed , two shared destroyed , three damaged and another three shared damaged in the air .
mason claimed one and 13 shared destroyed on the ground .
