Frank Reece Hodges
Military
UPL 72755
UPL 72755
Original USAAF photo caption : “23096 AC – Left to right : Capt. Edwin C. Baker, Pasadena, Calif., Capt. Philip R. Ziegler, Seattle, Wash., 1st Lt. Jacob B. Epting, Tupelo, Miss., 1st Lt Frank R. Hodges, Kosciusko, Miss.” (Awards ceremony in Egypt – photo sent on 3 March 1943 by Lt. Tom Prideaux, from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt.)
NOTE : Captain Baker, Lt Upting and Lt Hodges were members of the 93rd Bomb Group / 409th Bomb Squadron.
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Personal research on Lt Epting and B-24 # 41-23740 on which he flew and for which I created a page, as one existed for Lt Epting, with a mention of 41-23740 but no association between them.
Object Number - UPL 72755 - Original USAAF photo caption : “23096 AC – Left to right : Capt. Edwin C. Baker, Pasadena, Calif., Capt. Philip R. Ziegler, Seattle, Wash., 1st...
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft 3 and moved to Nuremburg 49-11. MACR 15198
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12030272
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-790930
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35170034
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-660347
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19064931
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Liberty Lass
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 April 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Drew, MS | 10 August 1917 | Son of Morris A Hodges. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 16 April 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, LA | 28 November 1992 | |
| Kosciusko, Attala County, MS | Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi | ||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Center Point Cemetery Center Point, Kerr County, TX | Center Point Cemetery Center Point, Kerr County, Texas | |
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Based |
Hardwick | 16 April 1943 | Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 104, NARA
