World War II Honoree

John Richard Cox

Hometown

Port Chester, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. PARTICIPATED IN THE U.S./ROYAL AIR FORCE REFRESHER FLYING COURSE AT SPARTAN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY, TULSA, OKLAHOMA. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 26 WHEN THE BRITISH MOTOR MERCHANT M. V. FORT RICHEPANSE WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT (U-567) ABOUT 450 MILES WEST OF BLOODY FORELAND, COUNTY DONEGAL, IRELAND ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1941. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 1, COLUMN 1 AT THE OTTAWA MEMORIAL, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA AND ON THE PORT CHESTER WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL, PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.