Sgt. Hodgson was serving with 78 Squadron. He was a crew member of Halifax II DT491 EY- which took off from Middleton St George on a mission to Dűsseldorf. The aircraft crashed near Dűsseldorf killing all the crew.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1942; W.R. Chorley; 1994; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 89 X
Tony Hibberd has offered the following:
Halifax DT491 EY-? had departed Middleton St. George at 2014 for Ops Dusseldorf
It was probably intercepted at 5200M, NW of Xantan by a Night-Fighter captained by Ofw Karl Wieland (1/NJG1) and shot down at 2320 for his 1st Abschuss
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years Part 3 Dr Theo Boiten