Hopgood, Philip David. Album

Title

Hopgood, Philip David. Album

Description

Photographs of Philip Hopgood's family and friends and then his training in Canada and Great Britain.

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

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Identifier

Hopgood, PD

Collection Items

28 airmen
28 airmen arranged in three rows in front of a wooden hut, captioned 'Ken Redwood, Dave Murphy and others at A.C.N.C.O.S. Locking - August 1945'.

Stan
An airman in greatcoat, standing on a beach, captioned 'Stan'.

Three Positive Twerps
Eight photographs from an album page.
Captioned 'Ken, Philip & Self'. The images are of the three named men in various poses.

Northampton Christmas 1944
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is of six people, captioned 'Self, Joan, David, Mum, Aunt May & Dad'.
Photo 2 is of Philip Hopgood with his friend sitting on a metal fence, captioned 'Joan & Self'.
Photo 3 is a snow scene, captioned 'St…

Quebec, Flying and Brooklyn
Four photographs on an album page.
Photos 1 and 2 are a sunset, captioned 'St Lawrence River at Levis November 1944' and 'Quebec Sunset'.
Photo 3 is a pilot in the cockpit of an aircraft, captioned 'Saskatoon to Dauphin October 1944, Charlie…

New York November 1944
30 photographs on 8 pages of an album.
Page 34:
Photo 1 and 3 are views of a skyscraper captioned 'Empire State Building'
Photo 2 is a street scene, captioned 125th and 5th Ave Harlem'.
Photo 4 is buildings, captioned 'Grand Central…

Senlac October 1944
Ten photographs from two album pages:
Page 32:
Photo 1 is a street scene, captioned 'Main Street'.
Photo 2 is of several grain elevators, captioned 'Grain Elevators'. Nearest one has 'Searle' on outside.
Photo 3 and 5 are of a woman and two…

Saskatoon
Three vertical aerial photographs on two pages:
Photo 1 is a grain elevator, captioned 'Government Grain Elevator'.
Photo 2 is a bridge crossing a river, captioned 'Main rail bridge over S Sask R'.
Photo 3 is a railway and town, captioned…

Saskatoon to Dauphin October 1944
Eight photographs from two pages of an album.
Page 28:
Photo 1 is an airman in the cockpit of an aircraft, captioned 'Self "driving" '.
Photo 2 is an air to air shot of a Cessna Crane, captioned 'Cessna Crane'.
Photo 3 and 4 are aerial views of a…

Saskatoon July 1944
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is an oblique aerial view of the airport, captioned 'The Airport'.
Photo 2 is three airmen standing outside a wooden building, captioned 'Andy, Bob, Dave'.
Photo 3 and 4 are two different airmen sitting on…

Course 106 Red Section Saskatoon
26 airmen arranged in three rows in front of an Anson. [or Cessna Crane] It is captioned 'Course 106 Red Section Saskatoon E & F Flights No 4 SFTS August 1944'. It is further captioned with the names of all present.

Senlac March-April 1944
Ten photographs on two pages (24 & 25) in an album.
Page 24:
Photo 1 is an aerial view of an urban area, captioned 'St Paul, Minnesota 1944'.
Photo 2 is two men, a dog and two women, captioned 'Dave, Fred, Jack, Peggy, Mrs Kenyon'.
Photo 3 is an…

Prince Albert and Minnesota March 1944
Eight photographs from an album (pages 22 and 23).
Page 22 (entitled Prince Albert March 1944):
Photo 1 and 3 are an airman and a woman by the side of a river, captioned 'Andy Donaldson and Lorna on the bank of the North Saskatchewan River'.
Photo…

Prince Albert March 1944
14 photographs on five album pages (p 17-21).
Page 17:
Photo 1 - two Tiger Moths parked in the snow, captioned 'Tiger Moths "on the line"'.
Photo 2 - a side view of a Cornell.
Photo 3 and 4 - two different Cornells in the air, FH863 and FH872,…

Prince Albert 1944
Five photographs of Tiger Moths in the snow, captioned 'Just a few Tiger Moths'. They are fitted with canopies for use in cold climates.

Autographed Post Card
A post card (printed 'made in Canada') with eight signatures.

1944. The lads of Course 98 No 6 EFTS Prince Albert
29 airmen (all but one trainees) arranged in three rows in front of a Tiger Moth. The ground is snow covered. Underneath all 29 are named.

Prince Albert 1944
Four photographs on an album page.
Photo 1 - an aerial view of a town, captioned 'Prince Albert & the State Pen'.
Photo 2 - a street scene across a bridge, captioned 'Central Ave'.
Photo 3 - a landscape view, captioned 'Just an idea of the country…

Still en route for Prince Albert
Four photographs on an album page.
Photo 1 - a view looking down to a lake, captioned 'More Lake Superior'.
Photo 2 - looking across a frozen river, captioned 'Quebec City. Taken across the frozen St Lawrence from Levis'.
Photo 3 - a wide river…

Lake Superior from the train
Three photographs on an album page.
The three images show rocky terrain and the lake, captioned 'All of Lake Superior. Taken from the train. En route for Prince Albert, January 1944'.

Moncton N.B. and Maine USA 1943-1944
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 - a street view, captioned 'Piccadilly No 31 P.D.'.
Photo 2 - three men and a locomotive, captioned 'C.P.R. "Iron Horse"'.
Photo 3 - a locomotive, captioned 'More Metal Monster'.
Photo 4 - a view out of a…

Hoylake, Calderstones and Hutton 1942 and St John's 1943
Eight photographs on two album pages:
Photo 1 - six women in a line, captioned 'Esther, Eileen, Monica, Betty, Maurine, Olive'.
Photo 2 - eight men in a group, captioned 'Self, John J, John M, Malcolm, Frank, Joe, Bill & Jack'.
Photo 3 - two…

Abersoch 1941
Six photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a house surrounded by countryside, captioned "The Digs".
Photo 2 is a sea view captioned 'Towards Pwllheli'.
Photo 3 is a valley captioned 'More Soch Valley'.
Photo 4 is a sea view, captioned 'South Aber…

Abersoch 1940 and Nevin 1939
Eight photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a hillside, captioned 'The Soch Valley'.
Photo 2 is a sea view, captioned 'The Two Bays, Nevin'.
Photo 3 is a view of small boats captioned 'Abersoch Harbour'.
Photo 4 is a sea view, captioned 'Porth…

Nevin 1939
Six photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a man looking through a telescope, captioned 'Uncle Norman on Bird Rock'.
Photo 2 is a man sitting on a rock, captioned 'Echo Mountain from Bird Rock'.
Photo 3 is a man sitting on a wooden boat in front of…
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