Flying Officer Hodgins was killed in the crash of No. 1 Flying Instructors School's Harvard Texan (#1078) aircraft. Flying Officer James Alfred BROWN, who was flying with him, also perished in the air accident.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial--
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: 17502
Age: 30
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: No. 1 Flying Instructors School (Portage/Trenton)
Honours/Citations: 1939-1945 Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, Pacific Star, Pilots Flying Badge
Date of Enlistment: August 20, 1942.
Son of James Herbert and Augusta Hodgins of Picton, Ontario, Canada; husband of Muriel (née Kimberley); father of Carolyn Susan; brother of James and Eric Hawthorne HODGINS.
Flying Officer Bruce Hawthorne Hodgins is commemorated on Page 19 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial--
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: 17502
Age: 30
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: No. 1 Flying Instructors School (Portage/Trenton)
Honours/Citations: 1939-1945 Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, Pacific Star, Pilots Flying Badge
Date of Enlistment: August 20, 1942.
Son of James Herbert and Augusta Hodgins of Picton, Ontario, Canada; husband of Muriel (née Kimberley); father of Carolyn Susan; brother of James and Eric Hawthorne HODGINS.
Flying Officer Bruce Hawthorne Hodgins is commemorated on Page 19 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.
Flying Officer Hodgins was killed in the crash of No. 1 Flying Instructors School's Harvard Texan (#1078) aircraft. Flying Officer James Alfred BROWN, who was flying with him, also perished in the air accident.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial--
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: 17502
Age: 30
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: No. 1 Flying Instructors School (Portage/Trenton)
Honours/Citations: 1939-1945 Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, Pacific Star, Pilots Flying Badge
Date of Enlistment: August 20, 1942.
Son of James Herbert and Augusta Hodgins of Picton, Ontario, Canada; husband of Muriel (née Kimberley); father of Carolyn Susan; brother of James and Eric Hawthorne HODGINS.
Flying Officer Bruce Hawthorne Hodgins is commemorated on Page 19 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial--
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: 17502
Age: 30
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: No. 1 Flying Instructors School (Portage/Trenton)
Honours/Citations: 1939-1945 Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, Pacific Star, Pilots Flying Badge
Date of Enlistment: August 20, 1942.
Son of James Herbert and Augusta Hodgins of Picton, Ontario, Canada; husband of Muriel (née Kimberley); father of Carolyn Susan; brother of James and Eric Hawthorne HODGINS.
Flying Officer Bruce Hawthorne Hodgins is commemorated on Page 19 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.
Inscription
Epitaph...
HODGINS
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FLYING OFFICER BRUCE HAWTHORNE
1923 - 1951
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
MURIEL KIMBERLEY
