Paul G Fox

Military
media-14255.jpeg UPL 14255 Summer sport flying at Debden with the 4th Fighter Group's Tiger Moth.
L-R: George F. Russell, Vincent J. Andra, Murphy Gower, [then] Lt. "Steve" Pisanos, Paul G. Fox, Leroy P. Hadden, and Jerome J. Byrge.

Changed spelling wrong spelling of 'Mandra' to 'Andra'
Source: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/216216

Object Number - UPL 14255 - Summer sport flying at Debden with the 4th Fighter Group's Tiger Moth. L-R: George F. Russell, Vincent J. Andra, Murphy Gower, [then] Lt. "Steve"...

Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Crew chief. Flew on all four 8AF 'Frantic' operations to Russia.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Miss Plainfield
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Capt. Nicholas Megura of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, in cockpit, at Debden air base, 8 March 1944. Caption on reverse: Pilots of the P-51s. Lt.Col. Donald J. M. Blakeslee's Mustang Group. Associated Press photo shows: Lt. Nicholas Megura, aged 24, of 108 Broad Street, Ansonia, Conn., has been on first two raids over Berlin and shot down two planes each time. WOR265648. 8344EM. Stamp (Passed for publication - General Section, Press & Censorship Bureau, 9 March 1944)
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Ill Wind?
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 11 September 1944
A B-24 Liberator of the 492nd Bomb Group bombs a target near Hamburg. 

Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAF- 492nd BG showing successful result on oil target near Hamburg, 6 Aug 1944.'
  • Date: 6 August 1944
  • Date: 21 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Delaware County, PA, USA 3 July 1913

Enlisted

Fort Meade, MD, USA 4 April 1942 Fort George G Meade Maryland

Other

Promotion

Debden, Loughton IG10 3SW, UK 1 April 1943 Promoted to Staff Sergeant.

Died

Media, PA 19063, USA 24 July 1978

Based

Debden 26 August 1945

Buried

Media, PA 19063, USA Calvary Cemetery Media Delaware County Pennsylvania, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributorapollo11
Changes
Sources

Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr.' / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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