Kenneth Frank Hodson

1920 - 1944  (24 years)

• 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
  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

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Nov 1920 - North Bend, Oregon, USA Married - 29 Jan 1944 - Midland, Texas, USA Died - 29 Nov 1944 - Pacific Ocean Buried - - Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Kenneth Hodson

  
  

  Landmarks

  Honolulu Memorial

  
  

• 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.