Robert Merrill Cox
Military
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UPL 30419
Lt. Robert Merrill Cox
R Merrill Cox
Information provide by his son, Robert Stermer-Cox.
Flight leader 38th FS 55th FG Aug 1944 - April 1945. 63 mission.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Crashed |
Edinburg, TX, USA | 27 January 1944 | Landing Accident Moore AAF, Edinburg, TX Cat 3 Lt Robert M Cox, 27-Jan-44. P-40N 42-105880 504SEFTS |
Based |
Wormingford | 17 August 1944 | Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Baled out |
Tuddenham, Bury Saint Edmunds IP28 6SL, UK | 23 August 1944 | Baled Out Structural Failure Tuddenham Cat 5 damage Capt Robert M Cox, 23-Aug-44. P-51D 44-13844 - 38FS 55FG 8AF |
Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK | 15 November 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK | 21 March 1945 | Promoted to Captain. |
Other End Tour Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended Tour Duty (ETD). |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / WWW.55th.org roster