Phillip Jay Fox
MilitaryJoined RCAF, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121S, transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF.
Ground collision Gedina #3 Tunisia Cat 3 damage Spitfire Vc JG750 4th FS, 52nd FG, 12th AF. 16-4-43. Landing accident due to Mech Failure Sarasota AAF, FL, Cat 3 damage, P-40N 42-105003 98th FS, 337th FG. 14-6-43.
Retired from the USAF in 1957 as a Major.
Later worked as an engineer for Westinghouse.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
15 March 1917 | Born March 15, 1917. | |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 14 October 1942 - 8 December 1942 | Transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Crashed |
Tunisia | 16 April 1943 | Ground collision Gedina #3 Tunisia Cat 3 damage Spitfire Vc JG750 4th FS, 52nd FG, 12th AF. 16-4-43. |
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Other Crashed |
Sarasota, FL, USA | 14 June 1943 | Landing accident due to Mech Failure Sarasota AAF, FL, Cat 3 damage, P-40N 42-105003 98th FS, 337th FG. 14-6-43. |
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Died |
27 November 2007 | Died - 27th Nov 2007. | |
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Buried |
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, 23029 N Cave Creek Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85024, USA | National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA. | |
| Larchmont, NY, USA | Larchmont, New York. | ||
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Other Joined RCAF |
Canada | Joined Royal Canadian Air Force. | |
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Other Service pilot training |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Service pilot training in US. | |
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Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
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Other Operational training |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires. | |
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Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. | |
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Other Retired USAF |
United States | Retired from the USAF in 1957 as a Major. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html