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1Lt. William Alfred "Fred" Cox, Jr.
Killed in Action (KIA) on 27-Sep-43 in B-26C 41-34987 'Danny Boy II', 386BG/552BS while serving as Pilot. The aircraft took a direct hit by AA fire in the left engine while enroute to bomb the German airfield at Conshes, France. The aircraft crashed and burnted about 10 miles north-east of Fecamp, France. 386th BG was part of the 8th BG from July-October 1943.
Group
The 386th Bomb Group flew B-26 Marauders for the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. Whilst with the Eighth, the Group developed the formation release procedure for the B-26 on missions that targeted aerodromes, marshalling yards and V-weapon sites along the...
Squadron
B-26 Marauder
B-26C-15-MA 41-34987 "Danny Boy II" was assigned to the 386BG/552BS at Great Dunmow, UK. On 27-Sep-43 the Group was despatched to bomb the German airfield at Conches, France. Un-route to the target the aircraft took a direct hit from AA fire in the...
27 September 1943
The German airfield at Conches, France is the target for this combined force of 72 B-26s despatched from: 323BG (36) and 386BG (36). One aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) 6KIA and 4 others are damaged. There are no claims on enemy aircraft.
Military site : airfield
The airfield, two miles north-west of Great Dunmow, was built in 1942-1943 by the US Army's 818th Engineer Battalion (Aviation), alongside British contractors. B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group moved in in September 1943, and in October the Group...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Killed in Action (KIA) | Fécamp, France | 27 September 1943 |
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Killed when the aircraft took a direct hit from AA fire in the left engine and crashed 10 miles north-east of Fecamp, France. The aircraft burned and his remains were never recovered. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 March 2018 16:41:37 | Lucy May | Changes to biography |
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Changed nickname from 'Margie' to 'Danny Boy II': The nickname is given as 'Margie' in "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE but as Klier was the Bomb Group's historian, I'm going to go with that nickname. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 August 2016 22:25:04 | millebr | Changes to middlename and nickname |
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Fold3.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 June 2015 18:30:43 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to service number, biography, events, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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Lee Cunningham 30-Jun-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 755; Made connections to Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data: Added crew position and loss details to Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:27:59 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15266,Combat Chronology Supplement p. 548, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 293. |
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