Jack D. Hodge Updated:
30 OCT 2011
Airman: a112001.htm Surname: Hodge Init: J
D Rank: 1stLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 83
P_link: p404.htm
Plane: P51 44-15627 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Øster
Starup
Crash_d: d110345 Buried_d: b130345
C_link: c112.htm At_Next: Øster Starup
FAF: "På en mission, der betegnes som
"Bomber escort and fighter sweep", nedstyrtede
1st Lt Hodge den 11. marts
1945 med sin "Mustang" jager 2 km nord for Starup by. Flyet, der
havde
kælenavnet "Windy City Mama", fik motorvanskeligheder. Piloten blev dræbt på
stedet.
Begravelsen fandt sted den 13. marts 1945 ved sognepræst S. Gamborg-Andersen.
J.D. Hodges familie ønskede ikke liget hjemført.
Moderen har skænket et dåbsfad til kirken, på hvis kirkegård hendes søn fandt
sit sidste hvilested."
Her.
Han er en af kun 5 amerikanske flyvere, der ikke
blev taget hjem i 1948, se
USAAF- Flyvere fra USA.
Se P-51 Mustang - Photos.
1 flyver.
Text: Airman Jack D. Hodge, born
20.5 1921 in South Carolina U.S.A. died 11.3 1945 in Starup fallen for his
country and for ours - erected by residents of the area
FAF: "On a "Bomber escort and fighter sweep"
mission 1st Lt Hodge crashed on 11 March, 1945
with his "Mustang" fighter 2 km
north of Starup. The plane nicknamed "Windy City Mama" had
engine problems. The
pilot was killed in the crash. The burial took place on 13 March, 1945 officiated
by
the vicar, S. Gamborg-Andersen.
J.D. Hodge´s family did not want the body disinterred and taken home. The mother
has donated a baptismal dish to the church where her son found his last resting
place".
Here.
He is one of only 5 American airmen who were not
taken home in 1948, see
USAAF- US
Airmen.
This fighter took off from
Duxford
Airfield - USAAF Station 357.
It belonged to
83 FS, 78 FG, 66 FW, 3 AD, 8 AF.
See P-51 Mustang - Photos.
1 airman.
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