Robert Arthur Fox

Military

Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Fred Seals crew.





Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18073060 / O-555645
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Springfield, IL 23 August 1923 Son of Arthur James and Susan M [Beeler] Fox.

Enlisted

Peoria, IL 18 August 1942 Peoria, Illinois

Died

Ocala, FL 2 August 1996

Buried

Camp Butler National Cemetery Springfield, Sangamon County, IL 5 August 1996 Camp Butler National Cemetery Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois

Based

Eye Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia