Lynd J Cox
Military
Object Number - UPL 34548 - 2nd Lt Lynd J Cox 334FS, 4FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Served as a flight instructor for the remainder of the war. Opened Clifton Carpet Inc.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Iron Ass
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (4th Fighter Group)
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 436th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Troy, NY, USA | 14 July 1923 | Son of the late Lynd and Helen [Kearns] Cox. |
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Enlisted |
Albany, NY, USA | 17 March 1942 | |
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Other Crashed |
Bartow Municipal Airport, 5993 Airport Blvd, Bartow, FL 33830, USA | 14 April 1944 | Landing Accident Bartow AAF, Bartow, FL Cat 3 damage 2Lt Lynd J Cox, 14-Apr-44. P-51B 43-12106 - 56FS 54FG 3AF |
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Based |
Debden | 11 June 1944 - 25 September 1945 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Crashed |
Debden, Loughton IG10 3SW, UK | 22 July 1944 | Mech Failure Debden/Sta 356 Cat 3 2Lt Lynd J Cox, 22-Jul-44. P-51B 43-6719 - 334FS 4FG 8AF |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Loughton IG10 3SW, UK | 11 September 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 25 September 1945 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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Died |
Wynantskill, NY, USA | 16 December 2010 | |
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Buried |
200 Duell Rd, Schuylerville, NY 12871, USA | Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery Schuylerville, Saratoga County, NY |
Revisions
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/334_c…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Cox%2C+Lynd+J&Su…
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
https://www.fold3.com/record/283807955-lynd-j-cox
https://www.fold3.com/record/83528515-lynd-j-cox
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63066792/lynd-j.-cox
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html
