Robert Sheridan Hodgen
Military
388th BG - 561st Bomb Squadron
Standing Left to Right: Maurice A. Foley (TG), James Stroeher (N), Lester Hess (P), Robert Hodgen (CP), Eli Klein (R/O)
Sitting Left to Right: Cawthon Perdue (TOG), Herbert E. Fisher (BTG), Gerlald W. Howard (FE/TT), Charles P. Rice (WG)
The Hess Crew flew 34 combat missions. Perdue flew about 1/2 of those. There were various toggliers that flew the balance of the missions.
388th Bomb Group collection
388th BGA
Object Number - UPL 17057 - Lester Hess Crew 388th BG - 561st Bomb Squadron Standing Left to Right: Maurice A. Foley (TG), James Stroeher (N), Lester Hess (P), Robert...
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-928692
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heaven's Above
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Luis Obispo, California | 4 January 1923 | |
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Died |
Monterey, CA, USA | 13 October 2006 | Monterey – Long-time resident Robert Sheridan Hodgen, 83, passed away peacefully at the Westland House in Monterey on Friday, October 13, 2006. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Janice Hodgen; his daughters, Mary Brown of Sierra Vista, Arizona, and Joanne Crosta of Davis, California; and grandchildren Scott and Chad Brown, and Peter and Morgan Crosta. He is also survived by his quintuplet great-grandchildren, their mother Amber Brown, his sister Mary Jane Wilkinson, sons-in-law Ken Brown and Steve Crosta, and many nieces and nephews. Bob, as he was known to his friends and family, was born in Morro Bay, California, to Jacob and Almira Hodgen who moved to Pacific Grove with their six children in 1926. After graduating from Pacific Grove High School in 1941, he began construction jobs that included driving trucks for war-time projects in Utah. It was there that he met Janice, and married her on August 6, 1944, one month after enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was assigned to the European theater and served as co-pilot on the B-17 bomber known as "Heavens Above," earning military honors. At the war's end, Bob became a heavy equipment mechanic for Pebble Beach Company, where he was employed for 41 years. He will be remembered as a devoted family man who built his own home, could fix anything, and, especially loved dancing with his wife. Cremation has occurred and a celebration of his life is being planned. Remembrances may be made to the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. |
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Buried |
Monterey, CA, USA | 16 October 2006 | Monterey City Cemetery Monterey Monterey County California, USA |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html
