Vernon Richard Hedges

Military

Lt Vernon Hedges was Co-pilot of B26 #41-17961 on a local training flight 27 December 1943, when, due to mechanical failure, it crash-landed at RAF Toome, in Northern Ireland. The five crewmen returned safely but the aircraft was totally destroyed. On the page he wrote for the WWII Registry, he stated that he flew 65 sorties as a pilot in B-26 Marauders between March and August 1944.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
  • Service Numbers: 34336934
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center 322nd Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
  • Service Numbers: 18038921 at enlistment, then O-728069
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Instructor (Pilot)
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center 386th Bomb Group 554th Bomb Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
  • Service Numbers: 14150971
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center)

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Plentywood, Sheridan County, Montana, United States 4 July 1921 the son of Earl Edwin Hedges and Merle Dorina (Tittle) Hedges

Enlisted

Seattle, King County, Washington, United States 14 March 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Involved in training accident

Toome, Antrim, Northern Ireland 27 December 1943 on board B-26 Marauder Serial 41-17961. He and the four other men on board were safe and returned to duty.

Died

Delta, Colorado, United States 5 August 2005
Turner, Marion County, Oregon, United States

Revisions

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Last name must be Hedges instead of Hodges...
WWII Registry
NARA WWII Enlistment Records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. I, p. 442