Operation: Ramrod 960.
Date: 2nd June 1944 (Friday)
Unit: 403 Squadron RCAF
Type: Spitfire IX
Serial: MK742
Code: KH - ?
Location: Herbecourt France
Pilot: Fl/Lt. John Hodgson J/5667 RCAF Age 22. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
One of two Spitfires lost on this Ramrod 960, Fl/Lt. Hodgson was tragically killed when his Spitfire IX MK742 suffered complete engine failure which may have been due to flak, crashing at Herbecourt near Amiens.
Fl/Lt. John Hodgson. St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens. Plot 7. Row D. Grave 13. Son of John and Susanna Hodgson, husband of Doreen Lydia Hodgson, of Southgate, Middlesex, England.
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