Bob Hope

Civilian
Comedian Bob Hope in the cockpit of a B-17 Flying Fortress, during a visit to the 94th Bomb Group. media-408494.jpg FRE 3863 Comedian Bob Hope in the cockpit of a B-17 Flying Fortress, during a visit to the 94th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3863 - Comedian Bob Hope in the cockpit of a B-17 Flying Fortress, during a visit to the 94th Bomb Group.

Bob Hope is an Anglo-American Comedian. He embarked on USO Tours 1941 to entertain the troops and continued to perform for the USO in Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran and the Persian Gulf War until 1991. During the Second World War he toured Army Air Force Bases in Britain. Through his 50 years of entertaining soldiers and civilians, Hope spent 48 Christmases overseas with service personnel. In 1997, US Congress honored Hope as the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces.".

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Role/Job: USO Entertainer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 39021076
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Actor and filmmaker
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 14th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron 48th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-394359
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Born

Eltham, London 29 May 1903

Died

Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, CA, USA 27 July 2003

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