Alfred H Hopson
MilitaryJoined 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
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
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 29 September 1942 | Transferred to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF. Rank = Lt. |
Other Promoted |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Promoted to Captain. 334th FS. | |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Transferred to 336th FS, 4th FG. | |
Other Transferred |
King's Cliffe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8, UK | Transferred to 63rd FS, 56th FG, 8th AF. | |
Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined RAFVR. P/O on probation. | |
Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. Pilot Officer. | |
Texas, USA | Texas, USA. | ||
Other Service pilot training |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Trained as service pilot in US | |
Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
Other Operation training |
Operationally trained at OTU on Hurricanes. |
Revisions
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