On a cross-country navigation exercise his aircraft flew into low cloud conditions and crashed into the hillside of Caw Fell. He and his pilot, Sergeant Charles-Andre Desbaillets, RCAF, were killed in the crash.
Hodgkinson, Henry (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-November-02

Birth Date: 1912
Born:
Parents: Henry & Alice Hodgkinson, of Derby
Spouse: Olive Margaret Hodgkinson, of Derby.
Home: Allestree, Derby, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
2 AOS- Air Observer School (RAF)
Base
RAF Millom, Scotland
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
trainee navigator
Service Numbers
1176415