Kenneth Virgil Bope
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 49383 - Capt Kenneth Virgil Bope
Assigned to 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Having completed 28 missions as a lead pilot of a B-17. Transferred to 3rd Scouting Force, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
27 April 1916 | Son of John C and Bertha N Bope. | |
|
Enlisted |
21 May 1942 | ||
|
Died |
20 March 2012 | ||
|
Based |
Assigned to 96BG, 8AF USAAF. | ||
|
Other Transferred |
Transferred to 3rd Scouting Force, 8AF USAAF. | ||
|
Born |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/678927742
https://www.fold3.com/record/286745269/kenneth-bope-social-security-dea…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84222053/kenneth-v-bope-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/citizen-times/obituary.aspx?pid=15661…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169039807/kenneth-bope
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- Combat Chronology; Snetterton Falcons, pg 149 ;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
