Glenn L Hodges
MilitaryOn 19-Aug-43 while flying P-47C 41-6216 escorting B-17s on withdrawl from an attack on the German airfield at Glize-Rijen, Holland, the aircraft sustained an engine failure at 27,000 feet over the North Sea. 2LT Hodges stayed with the aircraft and ditched it into the sea off the Dutch coast near Oosterschelde. He was rescued by a German patrol boat and held as a Prisoner of War.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 18 September 1943 - 29 May 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) and later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 29-May-45. |
Born |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 24-May-2015. Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; MACR 297; National Archive Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 297 / MACR297 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list