Name:
William E. Cox
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-819970
Unit:
1st Scouting Force, 8th Air Force
Date of Death:
1945-04-03
State:
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal with 6 oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Hear
Comments:
William E. Cox entered the military service in Washington. He was assigned in the 857th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group, (Heavy) as a First Lieutenant during World War II. 1Lt Cox was serving in the detached service with the 1st Scouting Force at the time of his death. On 3 April 1945 he was flying P-51D serial 44-13754 (coded 9H-F) when he started having engine trouble west of Kiel, Germany. Deciding to nurse his stricken ship to Sweden, he disappeared into the undercast near Flensburg estuary in Germany and was declared MIA (MACR 13944). His name is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, www.americanairmuseum.com