Hodgson, Francis Everard
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Francis Everard |
Surname | Hodgson |
Gender | M |
Age | 38 |
Date of Death | 29-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Eustace Henry Tylston Hodgson and Lilian Hodgson, of Painswick, Gloucestershire. Stepson of Dorothy E. Hodgson, of Painswick. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PD206 |
Markings | TC-B Mama's Madhouse |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 17. E. 10. |
Epitaph | YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE. ST.JOHN VIII.32 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 50 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 81736 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 170 |
Squadron Motto | Videre non videri (To see and not be seen) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | On A631, adjacent to former Main Gate, Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | "To see and not be seen" 170 Squadron Royal Air Force Bpmber Command Hemswell |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-12-1944 |
End Date | 30-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Hemswell |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Scholven-Buer |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Recklinghausen, no survivors |