Fox, Orrin Russell, 1st Lt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Final Rank
First Lieutenant

Last AFSC
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1950-1950, 8th Fighter-Bomber Group

Service Years
1949 - 1950

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

California

Year of Birth
1928

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Casualty Info

Home Town Pasadena	Last Address Tsuiki Air Base, Japan burial location unknown
Casualty Date Sep 02, 1950
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Korea, South	Conflict Korean War
Wall/Plot Coordinates Cemetery Unknown

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2014, Korean War Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1950-1950, 80th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
	1950-1950, 8th Fighter-Bomber Group

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1950-1953 Korean War

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1950-1950, F-80/P-80 Shooting Star

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

First Lieutenant Fox was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 80th Fighter Bomber

Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On September 2, 1950, while on a combat mission northwest of

Chinju, South Korea, his aircraft was in a steep dive to make a rocket pass and it failed to pull out.

First Lieutenant Fox was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service

Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea

War Service Medal.

http://www.abmc.gov/search-korean-war-veterans-memorial-honor-roll/detail/Korea_10681#.U_aJyWOiVVU

Date:	02-SEP-1950
Time:
Type:	Lockheed F-80C-10-LO Shooting Star
Owner/operator:	USAF
Registration:	49-794
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	NW of Chinju -
Phase:
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Attached to 49th Ftr-Bmbr Gp. Crashed while attempting to pull out of dive during rocket pass NW of Chinju near Tonsong, no egress

Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1949.html
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=83820