James Pratt Hodges
Military
First handwritten caption on reverse: 'B/G James P Hodges (rt) with Col Thompson 448 BG (left).'
Second handwritten caption on reverse: '448 BG- 2nd BD Co General Hodges visiting Col Thompson.' Roger Freeman Collection
Amended caption for sense.
Object Number - FRE 1794 - Colonel Thompson of the 448th Bomb Group (left) shakes hand with Brigadier General James P Hodges. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'B/G...
Major General James P Hodges served as Commanding General of the 2nd Air Division from 13 September 1942 to 1 August 1944. He retired 30 September 1951.
His son, James P Hodges II, served as a fighter pilot with the 56th Fighter Group.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15045876 / 0-325990
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1699045
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-707692
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Military site
- Site type: Military site
- Site type: Military site
- Known as: Old Catton, Camp Thomas
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Oakley, Maryland |
Revisions
NARA files verified DSM w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Silver Star, DFC and AM. He earned at least one bronze star device on the EAME Campaign Medal, According to his official biography, his foreign decorations include the Order of the British Empire, the French National Order of the Legion of Honor, the Belgian Croix de Guerre with palm and the Chinese Special Tecklet Cloud Banner.
Philip Ardery, Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of World War II (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky: 1978) 125.
Philip Ardery, Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of World War II (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky: 1978) 154-155, passim.
Spelt out abbreviations in the Biography field for ease of understanding.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth by Roger Freeman
![Brigadier General James P Hodges writes his names on a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Boomerang" of the 93rd Bomb Group prepares to fly his before it is flown back to the United States. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp ]'passed for publication 5 Apr 1944' [stamp]. '314794'[Censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: '"BOOMERANG, 53 MISSION LIBERATOR GOES HOME. Associated Press Photo shows: Brig Gen James P Hodges of Washington DC writes his name on the "Boomerang" while Capt Walter T. Stewart ,](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456625.jpg.webp?itok=Ld-n4OHR)
