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Personal info

Full name
HODGES, Thomas Alexander
Date of birth
24 December 1915
Age
27
Place of birth
Portsmouth, Virginia
Hometown
Norfolk County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
O-661628
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
28 July 1943
Place of death
North Sea, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Thomas A. Hodges (father)
Lillian Hodges (mother)
Ellz G. Hodges (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3326
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Moore-Fidite II
Destination: Oschersleben, Germany
Mission: Operational
MACR: 137

More information

1Lt Thomas A. Hodges graduated from Virginia A&M College and Polytechnic Institute. He was employed at Fairbanks Morse & Company.

He enlisted in Langley Field, Virginia on 29 December 1941.

Aircraft was shotdown by enemy fighter, crashed in the North Sea, north of Frisian Islands (Wadden Sea Islands) 10 KIA.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR 137, http://www.8thafhs.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: André Koch, www.ancestry.com - Virginia Polytechnic Institute yearbook 1939