Robert L Hodson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21529.jpeg UPL 21529 Robert Hodson - Eldon, 96th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21529 - Robert Hodson - Eldon, 96th BG, KIA

KIA when B17 42-30366 'Fertile Myrtle III' was hit by railway flak batteries near Reims, France. ABMC lists him with Headquarters Squadron.



Silver Star with 2 OLC

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

The nose art of the B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Fertile Myrtle The 3rd" of the 96th Bomb Group.

42-30366

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fertile Myrtle III
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fairfield, Iowa 8 February 1918

Other

Killed in action

14 October 1943

Buried

Revisions

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Sources

Additional biographocal details from http://www.findagrave.com

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement, p. 371, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 510, ABMC; Snetterton Falcons, pg 277 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 21529 - Robert Hodson - Eldon, 96th BG, KIA