Robert Merrill Cox

Military
media-30419.jpeg UPL 30419 Lt. Robert Merrill Cox R Merrill Cox

Information provide by his son, Robert Stermer-Cox.

Object Number - UPL 30419 - Lt. Robert Merrill Cox

Flight leader 38th FS 55th FG Aug 1944 - April 1945. 63 mission.

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Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

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Crashed

Edinburg, TX, USA 27 January 1944 Landing Accident Moore AAF, Edinburg, TX Cat 3 Lt Robert M Cox, 27-Jan-44. P-40N 42-105880 504SEFTS

Based

Wormingford 17 August 1944 Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Baled out

Tuddenham, Bury Saint Edmunds IP28 6SL, UK 23 August 1944 Baled Out Structural Failure Tuddenham Cat 5 damage Capt Robert M Cox, 23-Aug-44. P-51D 44-13844 - 38FS 55FG 8AF

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Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK 15 November 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

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Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK 21 March 1945 Promoted to Captain.

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End Tour Duty (ETD)

England, UK Ended Tour Duty (ETD).

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Donated by Robert M. Cox, II

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JCook Archives

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / WWW.55th.org roster

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