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Grover Cleveland Hodge
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First Lieutenant
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440th Squadron, 319th Bomb Group
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0000-00-00
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Born 20 April 1919 in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Reverend Grover C. Hodge (1892-1980) and Alma Simmons Hodge (1896-1995). Pilot of the B-26 "Times A Wastin" that crashed near Hebron, Labrador, Canada in December 1942. He bravely lead his crew in a survival effort that lasted for eight weeks. Eventually he and his crew succumbed to the element and their remains were found in April by Eskimos. An account of his ordeal can be found at http://www.c-and-e-museum.org/Pinetreeline/other/other34/other34bj.html.