Anthony F Fox
Military ROLL OF HONOURLWG, Carqueville crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3180 'Forget Me Not II'. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 888. Plane crashed into North Sea after fighter attack. Killed in Action. Name on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge AMC.
Newark, NJ
Earlier crash landed at Kent 22 June 1943 in B-17 #423226 'Little Chuck' with no injuries to crew.
Staff Sergeant Anthony F. Fox was born August 30, 1914. His next of kin were two aunts, Helen Dunn, and Katherine Hoerning. He was from Newark, New Jersey.
He was serving as a gunner aboard “Forget Me Not II,” B-17 tail 42-3180, of the 381st Bomb Group, 533rd Bomb Squadron, when it went down over the North Sea on October 9, 1943, returning from a mission to Anklam, Germany.
His remains were never recovered.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735405
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677188
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31169259
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33350863
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 7008817
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kiplings Error and Forget Me Not II
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newark, New Jersey | 30 August 1914 | Staff Sergeant Anthony F. Fox was born August 30, 1914. His next of kin were two aunts, Helen Dunn, and Katherine Hoerning. He was from Newark, New Jersey. |
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Died |
North Sea | 9 October 1943 | He was serving as a gunner aboard “Forget Me Not II,” B-17 tail 42-3180, of the 381st Bomb Group, 533rd Bomb Squadron, when it went down over the North Sea on October 9, 1943, returning from a mission to Anklam, Germany. His remains were never recovered. |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 888, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 159 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia