Jack D. Hodge                                     Updated:  27 OCT 2024

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.

Flystyrtet var omkring her - kilde: Øster Starup Lokalarkiv der har sider om
Amerikansk fly nedstyrtet i 1945 på dansk og engelsk. Tekst og foto i 2024 om flyet
fra Bendt Spendrup Mathiasen, Øster Starup Lokalarkiv.

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.
His school about Jack Dupre Hodge, link 2024 from Bendt Spendrup Mathiasen,Øster Starup Lokalarkiv.

He is one of only 5 American airmen who were not taken home in 1948, see USAAF- US Airmen. 
The crash site was about here - source: Øster Starup Lokalarkiv with a section Amerikansk fly nedstyrtet i 1945 in Danish and in English about this crash.
Text and photo in 2024 about the plane from Bendt Spendrup Mathiasen, Øster Starup Lokalarkiv.

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.