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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 19655" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Hopkinson </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Donald </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>Flying Officer </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>127817 </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>22 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 21.D.16-18 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 19.9.1920 Royton,Oldham,Lancashire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Harold and Sarah (nee Tither) Hopkinson,Royton,Lancashire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Chadderton Grammar School for Boys</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>clerk in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>service number 1036687</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 RC 13.2.1941 (LAC)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 RW 28.6.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>ITW 5.7.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Depot</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>13 EFTS,Canada 24.9.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>CTS 9.11.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>7 AOS 5.12.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 B&GS 14.3.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>57 Squadron 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Pilot Officer 25.5.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flying Officer 25.5.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron March 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>air bomber</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lancaster ED864</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>flew into high tension cables and crashed 0015 hours near Marbeck,Germany</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-hopkinson.8114/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8114-ca66620200e59bf75f51c37eff8cd440.jpg?1591389197" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 19655, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Hopkinson [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Donald [/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]Flying Officer [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]127817 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]17th May 1943 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]22 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 21.D.16-18 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 19.9.1920 Royton,Oldham,Lancashire[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Harold and Sarah (nee Tither) Hopkinson,Royton,Lancashire[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Chadderton Grammar School for Boys[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]clerk in civilian life[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]RAF 1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]service number 1036687[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]3 RC 13.2.1941 (LAC)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]1 RW 28.6.1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]ITW 5.7.1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]1 Depot[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]13 EFTS,Canada 24.9.1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]CTS 9.11.1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]7 AOS 5.12.1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]3 B&GS 14.3.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]57 Squadron 1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Pilot Officer 25.5.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Flying Officer 25.5.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]617 Squadron March 1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]air bomber[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Lancaster ED864[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]flew into high tension cables and crashed 0015 hours near Marbeck,Germany[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-hopkinson.8114/"][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8114-ca66620200e59bf75f51c37eff8cd440.jpg?1591389197[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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