Frank Reece Hodges

Military
media-20418.png UPL 20418 Original USAAF photo caption :
“23096 AC – Left to right : Capt. Edwin C. Baker, Pasadena, Calif., Capt. Philip R. Ziegler, Seattle, Wash., 1st Lt. Jacob B. Epting, Tupelo, Miss., 1st Lt Frank R. Hodges, Kosciusko, Miss.” (Awards ceremony in Egypt – photo sent on 3 March 1943 by Lt. Tom Prideaux, from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt.)
NOTE : Captain Baker, Lt Upting and Lt Hodges were members of the 93rd Bomb Group / 409th Bomb Squadron.

Personal research on Lt Epting and B-24 # 41-23740 on which he flew and for which I created a page, as one existed for Lt Epting, with a mention of 41-23740 but no association between them.

Object Number - UPL 20418 - Original USAAF photo caption : “23096 AC – Left to right : Capt. Edwin C. Baker, Pasadena, Calif., Capt. Philip R. Ziegler, Seattle, Wash., 1st...

Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft 3 and moved to Nuremburg 49-11. MACR 15198



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12030272
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-790930
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35170034
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-660347
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19064931
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Liberty Lass
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Drew, MS 10 August 1917 Son of Morris A Hodges.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 16 April 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, LA 28 November 1992
Kosciusko, Attala County, MS Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi

Buried

Center Point Cemetery Center Point, Kerr County, TX Center Point Cemetery Center Point, Kerr County, Texas

Based

Hardwick 16 April 1943 Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

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MACR 15198
WWII Draft Registration card

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 104, NARA

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