Harvey Gray Cox

Military

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Suffered mechanical failure and crashed at Outer, Belgium on 23-Jun-44 in B-17 'To Hell Or Glory' 42-38123 Evaded (EVD) via the Belgium underground.



Awards: AM (2OLC), AFC, WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: After WWII, he was sent to Orchard Place IL. as an Air Force Recruiter and Ferry pilot. While he was assigned there, he was sent to Germany to fly the C-54 for the Berlin Airlift flying 189 missions in support of Operation Vittles. In 1953, he was sent to Narsarssuak, Greenland as Base Operations Manager and pilot. From there, Maj. Cox was assigned to Kelly AFB, TX and Travis AFB, CA as a C-54 pilot. Shortly thereafter he was assigned to Brooks AFB, TX as a Medivac pilot. He completed his 20-year military career at Tinker AFB, OK as a Facilities Check Pilot.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Daniel Joseph Mangan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19034227 / O-755722
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-38123

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: To Hell or Glory
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Jackson, MS 2 September 1941 Jackson, Mississippi

Other

Commissioned / Wings award

Blytheville, AAF, AR 5 December 1943 Commissioned, awarded his wings 5-Dec-43 at Blytheville, AAF, AR.

Other

Evaded

Outer, Belgium 23 June 1944 Had mechanical failure and crashed at Outer, Belgium on 23-Jun-44 in B-17 'To Hell Or Glory' 42-38123 Evaded (EVD)

Born

Vaiden, Mississippi, USA Son of Bessie M Cox.

Based

Horham Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28640780
https://www.fold3.com/record/83987857/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185181815/harvey-gray-cox

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Corrected place where B-17 42-38123 crashed from Maubeuge, France to Outer, Belgium.
Source: Dirk VIJVERMAN and http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/monument-bemanning-b-17g-42-381…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5915 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database