Myrle F Cox

Military
media-32242.jpeg UPL 32242 "S/Sgt M F Cox of the 490th Bomb Group wearing the Distinguished Flying Cross presented to him on 7-Dec-44 at an airbase in England."

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Object Number - UPL 32242 - "S/Sgt M F Cox of the 490th Bomb Group wearing the Distinguished Flying Cross presented to him on 7-Dec-44 at an airbase in England."

Member of Heath crew,



Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x battle stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

18 February 1924 Son of Leonard W Cox and Mildred [Stebens] Cox.

Enlisted

28 October 1942

Died

1 December 2015

Buried

Tonkawa IOOF Cemetery Tonkawa, Kay County, OK.

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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