Robert W Cox

Military

Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

84th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"
Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Chattanooga, TN, USA 1 February 1943

Other

Crashed

House, NM, USA 17 October 1944 Baled Out Mid Air Collision 6 miles Nth, 2 miles East of House, NM Cat 5 2Lt Robert W Cox, 17-Oct-44. P-40N 44-7319 - FPTS 267BU 2AF

Based

Wormingford 6 May 1945 Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.
Knoxville, TN, USA

Based

Duxford Transferred to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

Knoxville, TN, USA Son of Frank W and Lucy M Cox,

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Cox%2C+Robert+W&…
https://www.fold3.com/image/153796052?terms=Robert%20W%20Cox
https://www.fold3.com/record/90515196-robert-w-cox

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Pilots/38th%20Pilots/Cox%20Robert%20W%… / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.55th.org roster