LAC Edwin George Cox, 3226 Servicing Commando Unit, RAF

[Photo courtesy of his grandson Jake Cox].

07.01.1941 enlisted RAF, no. 1331588.
24.10.1941 posted 614 Squadron.
18.02.1942 posted School of Technical Training.
22.04.1942 posted RAF Station Macmerry.
26.06.1942 posted No.1 A.A.C.U.
27.07.1942 posted 3226 Servicing Commando Unit, RAF.
There followed several short attachments within the UK for training courses.
Ground crew role FME (Flight Mechanic Engines), F2E (Fitter Engines Trade Group 2).
01.06.1943 promoted LAC.
27.06.1943 deployed with 3226SC overseas Middle East.
11.07.1943 Operation Husky, allied invasion of Sicily.
07.10.1943 admitted to 59th General Hospital, Italy.
23.05.1944 1st Good Conduct Badge.
21.12.1944 posted 51 Maintenance Unit, RAF.
24.08 1946 effective date of release from service.

George Edwin Cox
b. 21.10.1922 Uxbridge.
d. 2006 Saxmundham, Suffolk.