Ira Leroy Cox

Military

Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. 13 x Missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12461.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12208174 / O-827083
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dollar 98
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Baton Rouge, LA 15 February 1925 Son of George Ira and Ida M [Barksdale] Cox.

Other

Baled out POW

Papa, Hungary 21 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 POW MACR 12461.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 21 February 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Baton Rouge, LA 16 December 2012

Buried

Redwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Slaughter, LA 19 December 2012 Redwood Baptist Church Cemetery Slaughter, East Feliciana Parish, LA

Based

Amendola 21 February 1945 Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF.