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1920 - 1944 (24 years)
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Name |
Kenneth Frank Hodson |
Born |
4 Nov 1920 |
North Bend, Oregon, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
29 Nov 1944 |
Pacific Ocean |
- World War II - Raids on Tokyo Industrial Areas
Killed in Action between Saipan and Tokyo
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Buried |
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States |
Person ID |
I24212 |
Family Tree |
Last Modified |
18 Aug 2022 |
Family |
Mary Margaret Grant, b. 26 May 1921, Maywood, Illinois, USA , d. 14 Feb 1983, Tucson, Arizona, USA (Age 61 years) |
Married |
29 Jan 1944 |
Midland, Texas, USA |
Last Modified |
16 Sep 2017 |
Family ID |
F12008 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- He was a bombadier in the 883rd Bomber Squadron, 500th Bomber Group, 73rd Bomber Wing, XXI Bomber command of the Army Air Corps stationed at Isley Field, Saipan flying B-29s. The main target(s) of their bombing attacks were on the Japanese Home Islands. On 29 November 1944 the Bomber Command flew its 9th mission against the Industrial Area of Tokyo. Anti-aircraft fire was "heavy, meager to inaccurate" but one aircraft, Kenneth's, tail ID Z Square 44, disappeared without a trace for unknown reasons. It was the aircraft's 2nd mission, and the crew's first. Kenneth was declared Killed in Action on 29 November 1944.
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