Robert B Cox
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 17398
Memorial plaque at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley, Cambridgeshire, England.
Rob Edwards added connections: BG, BS, Holling and McGinley, aircraft
Killed in Action (KIA) or KIS 12 August 1944. Aircraft aborted raid to Juvicour Airfield due to weather and crashed with full bomb load near Cheshunt. Possibly collided with 398th BG B-17.
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Units served with
- 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: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lucky Lass II
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Cheshunt, UK | 12 August 1944 | |
Ohio | |||
Buried |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Added Robert B Cox's name to the digital Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288831/robert-branyan-cox
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia