Adrian Vernon Knox
MilitaryAssigned to 428FS, 474FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing/strafing mission to Liege vectored onto parked up tank column in St Vith and hit by 88mm flak burst which took out the port engine, successfully feathered, starboard engine noted to be streaming oil and coolant. Shortly after stated he was baling out, canopy came off, no sign of chute deploying. Killed in Action (KIA). 23-Dec-44. MACR 11413.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 428th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Davidson, NC, USA | 10 November 1921 | Son of Adrian Carson and Connie Ethel [Dunn] Knox. |
Enlisted |
Charlotte, NC, USA | 7 April 1942 | |
Died Shot down |
St Vith, Belgium | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing/strafing mission to Liege vectored onto parked up tank column and hit by 88mm flak burst which took out the port engine, successfully feathered, starboard engine noted to be streaming oil and coolant. Shortly after stated he was baling out, canopy came off, no sign of chute deploying. KIA. 23-Dec-44. MACR 11413. |
Buried |
Neuville-en-Condroz, 4121 Neupré, Belgium | 24 December 1944 | Interred Neuville-en-Condroz Military Cemetery Belgium |
Mecklenburg County, NC, USA | |||
Based |
Warmwell | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 428FS, 474FG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Charlotte, NC, USA | Re-Interred Evergreen Cemetery Charlotte Mecklenburg County North Carolina, USA |
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