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Personal info

Full name
HODGES, Fred Davis "Henie"
Date of birth
16 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Oneonta, Otsego County, New York
Hometown
Oneonta, Otsego County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-521124
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
29 July 1944
Place of death
Near Lathen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Lewis W. Hodges (father)
Margaret W. (Sprague) Hodges (mother)
Walter L. Hodges (brother)
Robert I. Hodges (brother)
Lewis W. Hodges (brother)
Mary M. Hodges (sister)
Norbert J. Hodges (brother)
Mobel A. Hodges (sister)
Dorothy M. Hodges (sister)
Francis M. Hodges (brother)
Raymond G. Hodges (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30150
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Exterminator
Destination: Oschersleben, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Ago / Focke-Wulf - aircraft industry
MACR: 214

More information

Lt Fred D. Hodges graduated from Oneonta High School in 1939.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army on 1 November 1939. He received his commission and pilot's wings at Moody Field, Georgia on 11 November 1942 and was sent overseas about two months before his death.

The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft and exploded. According to witnesses, one parachute was seen to open. The entire crew of ten was killed and is remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten. Their remains were never found.

The mission took place on 28 July 1943. The entire crew was officially declared dead one year and one day after they were reported missing in action.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Gary Zaetz, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Brain Hodges / www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Oneonta High School Yearbook 1939, Press and Sun-Bulletin 30 August 1944