James Hodges Hardy
Military
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UPL 36772
"Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Erfurt, Germany, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 17 March 1945."
Rear L-R: Capt Harold Lee Stouse, 1Lt Mike D McCarty, 1Lt Gibson M Carter, F/O James Hodges Hardy, 2Lt John F Hamm
Front L-R: S/Sgt Robert C Peter, T/Sgt George Fred Bostick, T/Sgt Joseph D Lillis, S/Sgt Leo F Wotanis, 1lt Francis G Downey
Rear L-R: Capt Harold Lee Stouse, 1Lt Mike D McCarty, 1Lt Gibson M Carter, F/O James Hodges Hardy, 2Lt John F Hamm
Front L-R: S/Sgt Robert C Peter, T/Sgt George Fred Bostick, T/Sgt Joseph D Lillis, S/Sgt Leo F Wotanis, 1lt Francis G Downey
Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Aborted mission to Stuttgart in B-17 44-6504; Crashed Braydon Crag, Cheviot Hills 16-Dec-44 returning to base due to failure of Gee and radio compass. Returned to Duty (RTD)
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13119430 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Snow Hill, Greene County, NC | 3 July 1924 | Son of Jewell Seymour and Kathleen [Hodges] Hardy. |
Enlisted |
Fort Bragg, NC | 10 July 1941 | |
Other Survived crash RTD |
Braydon Crag, Cheviot Hills | 16 December 1944 | Crashed Braydon Crag, Cheviot Hills 16-Dec-44; Returned to Duty (RTD) |
Died |
Snow Hill, NC | 15 November 1971 | |
Buried |
Snow Hill Cemetery, Snow Hill, NC | 20 November 1971 | Snow Hill Cemetery Snow Hill, Greene County, NC |
Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 missions between 11-Dec-44 and 28-Mar-45. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roser