Ralph L Cox

Military
media-26638.jpeg UPL 26638 Major Ralph Cox 359th FG

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Object Number - UPL 26638 - Major Ralph Cox 359th FG

5 kill ace (1 ME-109 + 4 FW-190)

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Units served with

Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group stand in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bomb Group at Honington in 1945. Printed caption on reverse: '71620 AC- Colgate Relay Crew of the 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing at 8th AFS F-375, Honnington [sic], England. 5/7/45. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Wing
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 359th Fighter Group work on a P-51 Mustang (CS-R, serial number 44-11348) nicknamed "Oh Nurse!". Associated caption: 'CS-R (leg of R is mission so looks like a P) being worked on.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Little Dixie Oh Nurse!
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Based

East Wretham 30 September 1944 - 2 March 1945 Transferred to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

East Wretham 2 March 1945 - 22 September 1945 Transferred to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Wretham, Thetford IP24, UK 18 May 1945 Promoted to Major.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK 22 September 1945 Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Pasadena, CA, USA

Based

30 September 1944 Assigned to 67th Fighter Wing.

Revisions

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History

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