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Hopgood, John Vere
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 19639" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Hopgood </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John Vere </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flight Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>61281 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>17th May 1943 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Rheinberg War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 17.E.2-6 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Harold Burn and Grace Hopgood,Seaford,Sussex</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Marlborough College</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5 ITW 12.8.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>50 Pool 21.9.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF Cranwell 30.10.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Pilot Officer 16.2.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Navigation School 22.2.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>14 OTU 26.4.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>50 Squadron 10.7.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>25 OTU 24.10.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flying Officer 16.2.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>106 Squadron 25.2.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards D.F.C. 1942 and bar 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1660 CU 4.11.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flight Lt 16.2.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron 31.3.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>pilot</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lancaster ED925</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>hit by flak and crashed 0034 hours Ostonnen,Germany</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-hopgood.8129/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8129-ba313f5a4dc301e6cfb47fc330e2458d.jpg?1591389201" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 19639, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Hopgood [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]John Vere [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Flight Lieutenant [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]61281 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]17th May 1943 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]21 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Rheinberg War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 17.E.2-6 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]son of Harold Burn and Grace Hopgood,Seaford,Sussex[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Marlborough College[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]RAF 1940[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]5 ITW 12.8.1940[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]50 Pool 21.9.1940[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]RAF Cranwell 30.10.1940[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Pilot Officer 16.2.1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]2 Navigation School 22.2.1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]14 OTU 26.4.1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]50 Squadron 10.7.1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]25 OTU 24.10.1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Flying Officer 16.2.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]106 Squadron 25.2.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]awards D.F.C. 1942 and bar 1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]1660 CU 4.11.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Flight Lt 16.2.1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]617 Squadron 31.3.1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]pilot[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Lancaster ED925[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]hit by flak and crashed 0034 hours Ostonnen,Germany[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-hopgood.8129/"][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8129-ba313f5a4dc301e6cfb47fc330e2458d.jpg?1591389201[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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