Cox, Maxwell
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Maxwell |
Surname | Cox |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Date of Death | 03-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Oliver and Maude Jane Cox, of Tingha, New South Wales, Australia, Husband of Betty Cox, of Macleod Victoria. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD417 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Chester (Blacon) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. A. Grave 233. |
Epitaph | EVER REMEMBERED AND DEARLY LOVED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 149 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 424379 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 1656 HCU |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-09-1944 |
End Date | 03-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Lindholme |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- navigation exercise |
Reason for Loss | Entered cloud and crashed on Yr Eifl, SW of Caernarfon |