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Barnebys HQ
Brahegatan 10
BOX 5038
114 37 Stockholm
All auctions / / WWII PILOT DR RALPH COX USOA FOUNDER NAMED UNIFORM
WWII PILOT DR RALPH COX USOA FOUNDER NAMED UNIFORM Former WWII Navy Pilot Dr Ralph Cox, founder of US Overseas Airlines "USOA", named uniforms. (1) Army Officer's regulation dark elastic service uniform set. 4 pockets tunic with "ATC" buttons, size 36R, named quartermaster tag, dated 1944. Matching trousers size 30. (1) Light blue USOA pilot uniform set. 4 pockets tunic with a Unique custom made USOA heavy bullion / metal center piece Pilot wings, Silver buttons features Wings & propeller in the center and "USA" tab on the left shoulder. Tailor tag "Hart Schaffner & Marx, New York - Chicago", size 38. Matching trousers size 30. (2)USOA visor caps with silver bullion embroidered insignia. Both uniform set belonged to Dr Ralph Cox. The Air Transport Command uniform was used when Dr Cox began flying the Eastern Seaboard after the War ended as a civilian contractor for the Army. Dr. Ralph Waldo Emerson Cox, 1915-2012, of Rio Grande, NJ, graduated as a dentist, but instead pursued his passion for aviation. During WWII he joined the US Navy Air Force where he flew anti-submarine missions along the US east coast and in Europe. When the war ended he and a friend purchased a government surplus Douglas DC-3 and began flying the Eastern Seaboard. In 1949 they founded US Overseas Airlines (USOA) specializing in transporting military personnel around the world. They were based at the then-vacant former Naval Air Station at Cape May County Airport and occupied the big hangar, which in 1997 became the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum. In the next decade the USOA business developed into a major passenger and commercial aviation business which flew all over the US, Europe, and South America. They participated in the Berlin Airlift, Korean Airlift, and with flights from Guantanamo Bay during the Cuban Missile Crisis. They pioneered low cost coach passenger air service in the US transcontinental market to the islands of Hawaii and operated scheduled services to the Philippines, Okinawa, the Far East, San Juan, and the Caribbean. At their peak they had 18 planes and employed 1,000 people, but by 1964 USOA was forced into bankruptcy when their military air transport contracts were suddenly cancelled and given to a smaller airline. Size: 36R
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