Arthur Bogle Cox Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 93BG/330BS, B-24 41-23678 "Big Eagle"/"Bathtub Bessie" as the Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by fighters near Dunkirk on the way to the assigned target Lille I/A, France. With direct hits to engine no. 4 and bomb bay area before crashing near Lille. T/Sgt Cox managed to bale out of the aircraft and landed near Douai. He was helped in his evasion of capture by many French citizens and members of the Pat O'Leary and Françoise Dissard evasion lines. His Escape & Evasion Report - E&E 47 - is on-line at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5554687
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-660682
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20313252
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-432136
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33111291
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
22 January 1919 | Tennessee | |
Enlisted |
24 September 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia | |
Other Baled out |
9 October 1942 | of B-17 41-23678 over Northern France | |
Other Evaded capture |
9 October 1942 - 27 June 1943 | After landing in a tree near Douai, south of Lille (Nord, France), he was helped in his evasion of capture by many French citizens and members of the Pat O'Leary and Françoise Dissard evasion lines. Hidden in many places in France, he was guided to the South of the country and crossed over the Pyrénées mountains into Spain, which he reached on 28 April 1943. Later taken in charge by the British and American diplomatic corps, he was driven to Gibraltar, arriving there on 26 June. He left Gibraltar by air on the same day, arriving in London on 27 June 1943. | |
Died |
29 June 1991 | Tennessee | |
Fountain City, Knox County, Tennessee | |||
Buried |
Arthur Cox Jr rests at the Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
US Census 1930
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 47
SSDI Death Index
Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. Re established BG association to correct entry from PURGE.
Lee Cunningham 25-Oct-2014. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Escape & Evasion Report # 47 http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-47.pdf
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p.37