Roy Alexander AWMM

Hodge AWMM

NZ413756 AWMM

Male AWMM

16 June 1918 Martyn Martyn

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Air Force AWMM

NZ413756 AWMM

• Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
• RCAF, 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba Base Record
  Course 1: Class 25C. Graduation Date: 16/03/1942. AWMM

• Royal New Zealand Air Force, 149 Squadron, RAF AWMM
• RCAF, 7 Bombing and Gunnery School, Paulson, Manitoba Base Record

WW2 Cabinet Maker/Civilian AWMM

WW2 Vessel was Awatea AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF AWMM

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

WW2 Flight Sergeant/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 32 Operational Training Unit AWMM

17 March 1944 AWMM
Age 25 AWMM
Canada, North America AWMM

17th March 1944 (Friday) Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html

25 Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html

Lost without trace - possibly Pearse Islands area Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Ottawa Memorial Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html

Panel 3. Column 5 Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html

Fl/Sgt. Hodge posted to 32 OTU as he had evaded capture earlier when the Stirling III BF350 was shot down over Belgium. 6 of his fellow crew members were killed, 1 taken PoW and he evaded capture. Further information can be found here.

They took off on a night navigational exercise at 19:40 hrs. They were last in contact at 21:58 hrs and despite many searches made, no trace of the crew or aircraft were found. It is understood that two oxygen cylinders found within the Pearse Islands recovered later and these were of the same type carried by this aircraft.

In June 2017 Victoria International Airport unveiled a beautiful memorial to the 132 service personnel who lost their lives whist at Patricia Airbase. The main feature of this sculptural work will be 25 x 12 foot high Corten Steel Cooper’s Hawk Feathers. The Cooper’s Hawk is a predator known for its extraordinary agility in flight and ferocity in hunting. The names of the lost airmen have been water jet cut into the feathers. Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html

• Ottawa Memorial (Commonwealth Air Force Memorial), Ontario, Canada AWMM
• Lost Airmen of the Empire - Hospital Hill, Victoria International Airport, Vancouver Island, Canada. Public - kelvin - Researcher - 20 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2622715/HODGE,%20ROY%20ALEXANDER
  Sources Used
• http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/jack-knox-sleuths-unite-family-of-long-lost-airman-who-died-twice-1.20251729
  Further Reference

• The Weekly News AWMM
  The Weekly News 1944 AWMM
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
  Vol., p.250 AWMM
• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM