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Personal info

Full name
COX, Wilbur G
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
. Illinois
Hometown
Vermilion County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-791676
Rank
Captain
Function
Pilot
Unit
573rd Bombardment Squadron,
391st Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Silver Star,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Near Euskirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 10 33

Immediate family

Members
Kelly Cox (father)
Martha M. Cox (mother)
Kelly Cox (brother)
Edelin Cox (sister)
Mary K. (Fenton) Cox (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-95878
Data
Type: B-26B

Destination: Euskirchen, Germany

Mission: Bombing of a railway bridge
MACR: 14626

More information

Capt Wilbur G. Cox attended college and was a salesman before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 24 April 1941.

The airplane was hit by enemy aircraft. It was seen in flames and descending in the target area.

One crew member survived and was taken prisoner, six men were killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cavanagh Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com
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