DAMBUSTERS Hopgood, John Vere

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hopgood ​

• FORENAME

John Vere ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

61281 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th May 1943 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rheinberg War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 17.E.2-6 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Harold Burn and Grace Hopgood,Seaford,Sussex​

educated Marlborough College​

RAF 1940​

5 ITW 12.8.1940​

50 Pool 21.9.1940​

RAF Cranwell 30.10.1940​

Pilot Officer 16.2.1941​

2 Navigation School 22.2.1941​

14 OTU 26.4.1941​

50 Squadron 10.7.1941​

25 OTU 24.10.1941​

Flying Officer 16.2.1942​

106 Squadron 25.2.1942​

awards D.F.C. 1942 and bar 1943​

1660 CU 4.11.1942​

Flight Lt 16.2.1943​

617 Squadron 31.3.1943​

pilot​

Lancaster ED925​

Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)​

hit by flak and crashed 0034 hours Ostonnen,Germany​

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