William Anson Cox
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 34603 - F/O William A Cox 334FS 4FG 8AF
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. On support mission to Emden on 3-Feb-44, P-47D 42-75254 became separated from leader in poor weather and probably crashed in the North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2143.
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
1910 Adelaide Dr, Dallas, TX 75216, USA | 6 January 1924 | Son of Mr and Mrs J R Cox |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX, USA | 18 August 1942 | |
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Other Crashed |
Foster Field Dr, Victoria, TX, USA | 9 June 1943 | Landing Accident Ground Loop Foster Field, TX Cat 3 damage Cadet William A Cox, 9-Jun-43. AT-6A 41-307 - 98 SEFTS |
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Other Crashed |
6 miles Sth of Foster Field Dr, Victoria, TX, USA | 27 June 1943 | Crashed Engine Failure 6 Miles Sth Foster Field, TX Cat 5 damage Cadet William A Cox, 27-Jun-43. P-40F 41-14154 - 98 SEFTS |
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Other Crashed |
Avon Park, FL 33825, USA | 30 November 1943 | Landing Accident Ground Loop Aux Fld #3, Avon Park, FL Cat 3 damage F/O William A Cox, 30-Nov-43. PT-17 41-8972 - 61FTD AAFCPS |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 28 December 1943 - 3 February 1944 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
North Sea | 3 February 1944 | On support mission to Emden on 3 Feb 1944, P-47D #42-75254 became separated from leader in poor weather and probably crashed in the North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
Tablets of the missing. Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. | ||
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Killed in Action (KIA) |
Dallas, TX, USA | ||
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Other Pilot training |
Foster Field Dr, Victoria, TX, USA | 29 July 1943 | Advanced flight training - Forester Field, Victoria. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288833/william-anson-cox
ABMC, MACR 2143, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2143 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
