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Plane Chased 75 Minutes at Sea in Wartime Mission
Lt. Lloyd M. Hodges now stationed at Ellington Field after 15 months overseas recalls a 75 minute chase by 27 enemy fighters while his B 24 and six fellow bombers attacked a Jop held port in New Ireland. He credits his crew with shooting down six attackers and keeping all planes in the air despite dwindling ammo. Hodges, Amarillo High School graduate, completed 40 missions in the 13th Air Force and earned the Air Medal with five clusters along with six Southwest Pacific battle stars the Philippines liberation ribbon and a Purple Heart for a leg wound.
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