Hugh Rufus Bodiford

Military
media-27635.jpeg UPL 27635 Capt Hugh Bodiford 55th FG

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Object Number - UPL 27635 - Capt Hugh Bodiford 55th FG

2 air plus 3 ground kills.

flew F-80s in Europe 1948-49.

Flew 100 missions during Korean War with 39th FIS in F-51Ds 1950-1951.

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Units served with

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Alabama, USA 24 April 1924 Son of Rufus and Saddie Bodiford.

Enlisted

Miami Beach, FL, USA 1 February 1943 Miami Beach, Florida

Other

Promotion

27 December 1944 Promoted from Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant

Other

Promotion

26 May 1945 Promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain

Based

Transferred

Raydon 6 July 1945 Transferred to 350th Fighter Squadron of the 353rd Fighter Group

Died

15 July 1980

Buried

22 July 1980 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Plot: Sec: 59, Site: 1622
Montgomery County, AL, USA

Based

Wormingford 6 July 1945 Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Added back into the record, Bodiford's service number when newly enlisted which was '14192743' and restored events to biographical section using Al Skiff's sources:
https://www.fold3.com/page/90514456_hugh_bodiford/details/
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49124682

Also restored Ted Damick's information to the record.

Date
Contributorfugari
Changes
Sources

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Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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