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| Lt. Melvin Fox flew missions from India to Burma in 1943 as a B-25 bombardier/navigator. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146551067/melvin-p.-fox http://www.22ndbombsquadron.com/index.html |
Melvin P. Fox never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on November 15, 1918 in New York. His parents Max and Sadie were both born in Austria and came to America in 1890 and 1894, respectively. His father worked as a tailor cutter and later as a candy store proprietor. Melvin had one older sister. By 1940 Melvin had completed four years of college. One job he held was working in a laundry.
He enlisted in the Army Air Forces on December 26, 1941. He became a first lieutenant and navigator/bombardier in the 22nd Bombardment Squadron, 341st Bombardment Group. It arrived in India in early 1943. Its primary mission was to attack Japanese targets in Burma.
In January 1944, Lt. Fox had completed the required number of missions and received orders to return home. The way home from the CBI Theater was from India to the Middle East, then across Africa to South America, and then across the Caribbean Sea to the United States.
On January 26, 1944 Lt. Fox was a passenger in a C-54 transport that crashed shortly after takeoff in Accra, Gold Coast, Africa. All onboard were killed.
His grave is at Cedar Park Cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey.
Last year on this date I profiled Wildcat ace Francis "Cash" Register. It is one of the most read profiles among the more than 650 published so far. You can read about Cash here.
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