Woodrow Hopkins

Military

Commanding officer of the 1st Gunnery and Tow Target Flight from January 1943- December 1943.



On 18 February 1943 experienced a taxying accident in Spitfire BL660 at RAF Perton.

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Units served with

Aircraft

BL660

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 67th Observation Group 109th Observation Squadron Headquarters (VIII Fighter Command) 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight

Places

Aerial photograph of Warton airfield looking north, the Ribble Estuary is on the left, 22 June 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/255. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Warton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: BAD-2

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Sources

Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual, p128

https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/19882