Calvin W Hopkins
MilitaryRear L-R: 1Lt Louis J Majewski, 1Lt Stuart E Smith, 1Lt Victor S Reese, 1Lt Stanislaw R Chmura.
Front L-R: Sgt Harry C Parker, S/Sgt Harry W Hopkins, S/Sgt William B Flynn, S/Sgt Fred E McCawley.
** The plane crashed near the town of Washingley, Huntingtonshire.
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Stuart Smith crew. 26 x combat missions. ETD Mission to Osnabruck 22-Dec-43; 42-37835 'Channel Express', baled out of severely battle damaged A/C. RTD.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Channel Express
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Virginia, USA | 19 January 1921 | Son of Charles W and Mamie C Hopkins. |
Enlisted |
Camden, NJ | 24 July 1942 | |
Other Discharged USAAF |
24 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Mantua, NJ | 2 March 2001 | |
Buried |
Woodbury Memorial Park, West Deptford, NJ | 6 March 2001 | Woodbury Memorial Park West Deptford, Gloucester County, NJ |
Based |
Deenethorpe | Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/15773802-calvin-w-hopkins
https://www.fold3.com/record/85971231-calvin-w-hopkins
https://www.fold3.com/image/165836253?rec=165836373
https://www.fold3.com/record/626060835-calvin-hopkins-1921
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=412
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29773301/calvin-w-hopkins
Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 437 w/ picture of plane / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia