Alfred H Hopson

Military
media-17994.jpeg UPL 17994 Captain Alfred H 'Hoppy' Hopson 63rd FS, 56th FG, 8th AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 17994 - Captain Alfred H 'Hoppy' Hopson 63rd FS, 56th FG, 8th AF USAAF.

Joined RAFVR, trained as service pilot in US. Shipped to ETO, operationally trained at OTU, assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF as a P/O on probation. Transferred to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF as Lt, promoted Capt. Transferred to 336FS, 4FG. Transferred to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Transferred

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 29 September 1942 Transferred to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF. Rank = Lt.

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Promoted

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK Promoted to Captain. 334th FS.

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Transferred

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK Transferred to 336th FS, 4th FG.

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Transferred

King's Cliffe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8, UK Transferred to 63rd FS, 56th FG, 8th AF.

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Joined RAFVR

Canada Joined RAFVR. P/O on probation.

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Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. Pilot Officer.
Texas, USA Texas, USA.

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Service pilot training

Tulsa, OK, USA Trained as service pilot in US

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Shipped overseas

Merseyside, UK Shipped overseas to ETO.

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Operation training

Operationally trained at OTU on Hurricanes.

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html;
www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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