John G. Hudock                                                                                      Updated: 07 MAY 2021

Airman: e777489.htm Surname: Hudock Init: J G Rank: F/Lt Service: RCAF Sqdn: 156

P_link: p093.htm Plane: WEL BJ840 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d290742 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Kl. 23.01 den 28. juli 1942 lettede WEL BJ840 fra RAF Alconbury på et bombeangreb mod Hamburg. Flyet medbragte 1 x 4,000 HC bombe.
Flyet styrtede i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p093MACR)

Den 16. august 1942 begravede feltpræst dr. Hölger, Sild (her), en ukendt flyver, senere identificeret som J. T. Bray. (Kilde: FAF)

Flight Lieutenant John George Hudock, 24 år, var søn af John og Marie P. Hudock,  Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Hans navn er på Panel 99 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Han var Navigator på WEL BJ840. (Kilde: MACR)

1 flyver fra WEL BJ840 blev begravet på Kirkeby Kirkegård. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 6 flyvere.

At 23.01 hrs. on 28 July 1942 WEL BJ840 took off from RAF Alconbury on a bombing raid targeting Hamburg. A/c carried 1 x 4,000 HC bomb.
The plane crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source:  p093MACR)
On 16 August 1942 Army Chaplain Dr. Hölger, Sylt (here), buried an unknown airman, later identified as J. T. Bray. (Source: FAF)

Flight Lieutenant John George Hudock, 24, was the son of John and Marie P. Hudock, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 99, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He was the Navigator of WEL BJ840. (Source: MACR)
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this.
A New York City volunteer for the R.C.A.F.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 185.

1 airman of WEL BJ840 was buried in Kirkeby Churchyard. 5 airmen have no known graves.

See No. 156 Squadron RAF (Wikipedia)*156 Squadron RAF*No. 156 Squadron Association*156 Squadron Pathfinder Force* Wellington
Wellington III BJ840 GT- took off from RAF Alconbury at 23.01 hrs on 28 JUL 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
6 airmen.