Donald Keith Hopp
MilitaryPilot in the 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Squadron leader. Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 #42-30852 'Blowin' Bessie'. 381st BG Mission #42 to the synthetic oil factory at Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MACR 1399. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 7 June 1945."
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- Date: 3 September 1943
- Date: 31 August 1943
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 303rd Bomb Group line up for take off. A B-17 (VK-I, serial number 42-3064) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is bringing up the rear. First handwritten caption on reverse of print: '27/8/43.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'VK-I. 8/9/43.' On reverse: 'Confidential Until Re-Classified By Censor' [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407640.jpg.webp?itok=Vtg9OHI5)
- Date: 27 August 1943
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Glenwood, Iowa, USA | 25 June 1920 | Iowa |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Barth, Germany | 5 November 1943 | Stalag Luft I |
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Died |
14 July 1981 | Glenwood, Iowa |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1399 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1399 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database