Letter from John Hopgood to his mother
Title
Letter from John Hopgood to his mother
Description
Apologises for not writing as he had been very busy. Mentions successful recent leave and meeting friends. On return to duty he had been very busy. Mentions that he liked his new crew and comments on flight engineer and rear gunner who he knew. Crew now had three officers beside himslef.
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Date
1943-04-20
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Format
Two page handwritten letter
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Identifier
SHopgoodJV64286v10014
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Citation
J V Hopgood, “Letter from John Hopgood to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 13, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/53459.

