RAF Career
Mason joined the RAF in March 1938, undergoing training at 4 FTS in Egypt. He was initially posted to No. 48 squadron flying Vickers Wellesley bombers, but managed to switch to fighters with No. 80 Sqn. flying the Gloster Gladiator by the time the war had started. At the end of 1940 he transferred as part of a flight of 80 Squadron forming into No. 274 Squadron with the Hawker Hurricane.
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