Richard Burton Fox
Military
From his Great Nephew Paul Brenen
Object Number - UPL 53653 - Richard B Fox
Fox was navigator on the Francis Clark crew with the 602nd Sqdn. On Christmas Day 1944 at Station 131 (Nuthampstead) he met his future wife Nell Kennedy, then serving in the WRNS as a cryptographer at Bletchley Park. She was in the neighbourhood visiting friends and had been invited along with a girl friend to the station Christmas dinner.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 383rd Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron 602nd Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1995743
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot / Fighter pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Montrose, IL | 26 February 1924 | Son of Geo C Fox. |
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Died |
Boulder, CO | 24 July 2018 | |
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Buried |
Mountain View Memorial Park Boulder, Boulder County, CO, | 27 July 2018 | Mountain View Memorial Park Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado |
| Bartlesville, OK |
Revisions
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 398th Bomb Group related to the service of Richard Fox.
398th History, Vol 1 and Vol II / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
