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hpcoxgdaughter
8/31/2009 3:18:18 PM | Hi,
I am looking for any info or memories of my grandfather H. (Herbert) P. Cox. He piloted a B-17 in the 613th BS and I think he was supposed to have decked a CO after a particularly harrowing landing.
Anything would be appreciated,
Lisa Williams
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donaldbyers
8/31/2009 11:16:41 PM | http://401bg.com/history/crew.asp?cid=11021 If you didn't see the data on your grandfathers 33 missions and photo this is the url to it. Also if you can point out your grandfather and anyone else which may be identified. In addition if your grandfather had a log to indicate what AC he may have flown on some missing mission information that would be great.
Don Byers
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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Paul Bellamy
9/1/2009 6:59:35 AM | Here's a slightly different version of the crew photo from the archives, which may be a litte clearer:
"Lt. Cox and crew of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 5 March 1945."
All the best,
PB
Paul Bellamy
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hpcoxgdaughter
9/7/2009 7:52:38 PM | Hi,
Thank you, I am extremely familiar with the pic. There was antoher one on the mantel at their house for years. He is 4th from left of the men standing. The plane he flew the most was the Lady Jane II or that was his favorite. That's the one he talked of being his. He had the declassified version of the 401st flights with notations of the ones he flew with the statistics for him personnally. He was a math person. But I don't have access to any of it. I just flew with Tennessee Valley Honor Flight as a guardian to see the D. C. memorial. My way of taking someone since he passed 19 years ago labor day. I was hoping the family of someone would be on or someone still alive that knew him.
The story i heard was where he decked a CO after landing a plane where the radio had been shot up, one of the crew had gottten hit with shrapnel and I think a bomb stuck in the bay. He went back to the takeoff strip and landed with instruments because it was fogged in. The CO decided to fuss about it at the wrong time. Notice he was a 1st lietenant.
http://www.401bg.com/history/crew.asp?cid=11021
His co-pilot was M.W. Shaw,
navigator was K.M. Skeper
Togglier was T.E. Howell
Radio operator was L.C. Stewart (I think he was the injured man)
Eng. Top Turret L.E. Locke
Ball Turret gunner L. Morris
Tail Gunner Raymond
Waist gunnerTanazevich
He lacked one oak leaf I believe getting the congressional medal of honor.
Thanks for the help,
Lisa WIliams
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