World War II Honoree

David C. Cox

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Raleigh, North Carolina

Honored By

A Grateful American

BOMBER CO-PILOT. ENLISTED AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. ASSIGNED TO THE 305TH BOMB GROUP, 364TH SQUADRON-PART OF THE 'MIGHTY EIGHTH' AIR FORCE. ON JULY 28TH, 1943 HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER KASSEL, GERMANY. HE PARACHUTED INTO A ROSE GARDEN, WAS TAKEN PRISONER, INTERROGATED AND THEN SHIPPED TO STALAG LUFT III. HE REMAINED THERE UNTIL JANUARY 1945 WHEN HE AND THE OTHER ALLIED OFFICERS WERE FORCE-MARCHED AND THEN PACKED INTO TRAIN CARS BEFORE ENDING UP AT STALAG VII-A NEAR MOOSBURG, NORTHEAST OF MUNICH. ON APRIL 29TH, 1945 GENERAL PATTON'S 14TH ARMORED DIVISION LIBERATED THE CAMP.