In Memory Of
HOPWOOD, VERNER JAMES
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1915-07-08
Service No:
778346
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
455 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1942-02-13
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Hampden bomber AD783, departed RAF Station Wigsley at 2345 hours 12 Feb 42 to lay mines in the Wangerooge area off Emden, Germany. When the port engine began spluttering the aircraft turned back for Wigsley. On its downwind circuit at 0155hrs 13 Feb 42 the aircraft crashed and caught fire near Eagle village, 10km SW of Lincoln. All the crew were killed in the crash
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Grave A.2.
Cemetery:
THURLBY (ST. GERMAIN) CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of James and Eileen Lavinia Hopwood; husband of Flora Elizabeth Hopwood, of Springs, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Umtali, Southern Rhodesia.
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