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.".

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.

Se P-51 Mustang - Photos.

1 flyver.

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".

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 RAF Duxford - USAAF Station 357. It belonged to 83 FS, 78 FG, 66 FW, 3 AD, 8 AF. See P-51 Mustang - Photos. 1 airman.