Hugh David Hopper
Military
UPL 67432
UPL 67432
384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 28 February 1944.
Standing L-R: Vincent J. McGovern (TG/OBS), James R. Martin-Vegue(N), Floyd C. Edwards (P), BG Robert Travis (AC), Anthony Palazzo (N), Vernon R. McKittrick (N)
Kneeling L-R: Unidentified, Chester H.Zink (FG), Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified.
To be identified: Hugh D. Hopper, Roger C. Smith, James H. Johnson Jr, Warren A. Folmar.
545th Bomb Squadron
384th Bomb Group
8th Air Force 238
42-38112
Grafton Underwood
James Ray Martin-Vegue
Hugh David Hopper
Roger C Smith
James Harold Johnson
Anthony Palazzo
Chester H Zink
Warren A Folmar
Vernon R McKittrick
Vincent J McGovern
Floyd Clinton Edwards
On
Standing L-R: Vincent J. McGovern (TG/OBS), James R. Martin-Vegue(N), Floyd C. Edwards (P), BG Robert Travis (AC), Anthony Palazzo (N), Vernon R. McKittrick (N)
Kneeling L-R: Unidentified, Chester H.Zink (FG), Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified.
To be identified: Hugh D. Hopper, Roger C. Smith, James H. Johnson Jr, Warren A. Folmar.
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4297477 'Porky's Pig. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-665291
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 20th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15096513 at enlistment, then O-797215
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kusa, Oklahoma | 29 January 1924 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 24 April 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4348 / MACR 4348, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database