Earl Ray Cox

Military
Earl Cox UPL 65234 UPL 65234 2nd Lt Earl R. Cox
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Object Number - UPL 65234 - 2nd Lt Earl R. Cox

Assigned to 775BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF. Wynn crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Munich 19-Jul-44; Shot down in B-17 42-97816. Baled out. Prisoner of War (POW)

 

Awards: POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 775th Bomb Squadron 463rd Bomb Group

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

14 April 1922

Enlisted

Lubbock, Texas 28 January 1942 EnlistedLubbock, Texas

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of War (POW)

Stalag Luft I, Barth Germany 19 July 1944 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag Luft I

Died

26 August 1998

Buried

Rose Hill Cemetery Tulia, Texas 29 August 1998 InterredRose Hill CemeteryTulia, Texas

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