Letter from John Hopgood to his mother

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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.

Creator

Date

1943-04-20

Temporal Coverage

Language

Format

Two page handwritten letter

Rights

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Identifier

SHopgoodJV64286v10014

Collection

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.