Mosby L Hodges Jr
MilitaryCompleted 31 missions. Arrived at Thurleigh 03 April 1944. Flew on Wilbur C. Weiland crew. Flew his first mission on 19 April 1944 to Kassel. The first mission flown with entire crew was on 22 April 1944 to Hamm. Completed tour with mission to Munich on 16 July 1944. He later served with the 14th AF in Southeast Asia, flying many missions hauling gasoline into China. He was afterwards an accountant. Mosby died 23 April 2004 in Salem VA.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
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Born |
Salem, Virginia |
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Sources
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Combat Crews page 119 and 134. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia