Nicholas H Cox
MilitaryShot down in 9 October 1942 in B-24D 41-23678 'Big Eagle' while serving as Co-Pilot. Prisoner of War (POW). Nicholas Cox ended his military career in the Air Force as a Colonel-USAAF.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14063517
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32174174
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16038095
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16041264 at enlistment, then O-789241
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35125371
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Big Eagle / Bathtub Bessie
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
3 September 1917 | Illinois, the son of John E. and Margaretha T. Cox | |
Enlisted |
15 August 1941 | as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps, Chicago, Illinois | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 9 October 1942 - 29 April 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland). Force-marched from there at the end of January 1945, arriving at Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. That camp was liberated by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records : "Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 29 May 1945." |
Died |
23 December 1985 | ||
Joliet, Will County, Illinois | |||
Buried |
Nicholas H. Cox rests at the Elmhurst Cemetery in Joliet, Illinois |
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. Re-establish correct BG association from PURGE.
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 25-Oct-2014. NAtional Archives Records Administration (NARA) POW database.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor