William E Cox
Military ROLL OF HONOUR1Lt William E Cox, 1st Scouting Force. On 3 April 1945 he was flying P-51D serial 44-13754 (coded 9H-F) when he started having engine trouble west of Kiel. Deciding to nurse his stricken ship to Sweden, he disappeared into the undercast near Flensburg estuary and was declared MIA (MACR 13944).
Assigned to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 1st Scouting Force. Failed to Return (FTR) in P-51D serial 44-13754 when he started having engine trouble west of Kiel. Decided to nurse his stricken ship to Sweden, he disappeared into the undercast near Flensburg estuary, crashed near Flensburg. Declared Missing in Action (MIA) actually Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13944
Awards: DFC, AM (6OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 1st Scouting Force
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in action |
Flensburg, Germany | 3 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Kiel engine trouble caused divert to Sweden crashed near Flensburg. KIA MACR 13944 |
Born |
Washington, DC, USA | ||
Based |
North Pickenham | Assigned to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Honington | Transferred to 1st Scouting Force. | |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288834/william-e-cox
Combined into single record using sources from duplicate record:
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13944