Nicholas H Cox

Military

Shot 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

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • 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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII POW records
US Census 1940

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Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. Re-establish correct BG association from PURGE.

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Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. Added POW event.

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Lee Cunningham 25-Oct-2014. NAtional Archives Records Administration (NARA) POW database.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor