Date: 2nd June 1944.
Unit: No. 403 Squadron R.C.A.F.
Type: Spitfire IX.
Serial: MK742.
Coded: KH -
Location: Herbecourt France.
Pilot: F/Lt. John Hodgson. R.C.A.F. J/5667. Age 22. Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
One of two Spitfires lost on this Ramrod 960, F/Lt. Hodgson was tragically killed when his Spitfire IX MK742 suffered complete engine failure which may have been due to flak, and crashed at Herbecount near Amiens. The second aircraft lost on this mission Spitfire IX MJ229 411 Squadron R.C.A.F., flown by F/Lt. R W Orr was hit by flak, but he was able to bale out over the Channel and was rescued.
Killed - F/Lt. John Hodgson. R.C.A.F. J/5667
BURIAL DETAILS:
F/Lt. Hodgson is buried at St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens. Plot 7. Row D. Grave 13.
Son of John and Susanna Hodgson; husband of Doreen Lydia Hodgson, of Southgate, Middlesex.
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