Very interesting! Congrats on finding out this part of history, Erich! Well done. Mazal was a very experienced pilot. 1 DFC and 11 stars to his Air Medal. That is at least 50 missions....

Paul W. Mazal
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # O-763693
513th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group
Entered the Service from: California
Died: 19-Mar-45
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 11 Gold Stars, Purple Heart

His enlistment card:

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 19069889 19069889
NAME MAZAL#PAUL#W############ MAZAL#PAUL#W############
RESIDENCE: STATE 91 CALIFORNIA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 061 PLACER
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 9170 SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 16 16
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 08 08
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# Private
GRADE: CODE 8 Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION AC# Air Corps
BRANCH: CODE 20 Air Corps
EDUC. SPEC. ## ##
DEFER. DATE MONTH 00 00
DEFER. DATE YEAR 03 03
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life
NATIVITY 91 CALIFORNIA
YEAR OF BIRTH 22 22
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen
EDUCATION 6 2 years of college
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 992 STUDENT
MARITAL STATUS 6 Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 3 Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
BOX NUMBER 0305 0305
FILM REEL NUMBER 3.27# 3.27#

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