Kenneth C Hopkins
Military
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UPL 56151
Quakenbush crew.
Rear L-R: F Navarra, Kenneth Hopkins, Harold Snater, Theodore Wright, George Schumacher, Harvey Prater.
Front L-R: Max Quakenbush, Roger Johnson, Daniel Bryant, Amerigo Bassi.
B-17F Jenny Lee would appear to be a training aircraft stateside.
Rear L-R: F Navarra, Kenneth Hopkins, Harold Snater, Theodore Wright, George Schumacher, Harvey Prater.
Front L-R: Max Quakenbush, Roger Johnson, Daniel Bryant, Amerigo Bassi.
B-17F Jenny Lee would appear to be a training aircraft stateside.
USAAF Photo
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. B-17 42-30713 'Phyllis Marie' fell out of formation and was attacked by fighters and forced to make an emergency landing Sth of Cottbus, Germany on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, 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: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17064882 / O-804504
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Phyllis Marie
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Washington, DC | 11 December 1942 | Washington, District Of Columbia |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 8 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Born |
Mitchelville, Maryland, USA | ||
Based |
Podington | 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2987 / MACR 2987, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database