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Military service
Service number:
J/27241
Age:
19
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
438 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 15, 1924
Montreal, Québec
Death:
January 14, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. R. 1931 Div. Grave 2719.
Additional information
Son of Maj. John Charles Hope and Dorothea Pitcairn Hope, of Montreal, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer John Charles William Hope
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Biography
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Photo of John Charles William Hope
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Grave Marker
Flying Officer Hope's CWGC headstone in Ayr Cemetery, Scotland -
Photo of John Charles William Hope
This is a picture of John Charles William Hope being given his "wings" from his father John Charles Hope. -
Group Photo
Here is Bill's squadron. He is the snappy confident pilot in the centre - what a difference to the man getting his wings. This must be shortly before his death. He took up the first Typhoon - must have been a crack pilot but it killed him as many early versions did others -
Press Clipping
Flying Officer John Charles William Hope obit Montreal Gazette Jan 17 1944 courtesy McGill University archives -
Document
BCATP Locations and marks, LAC, Ottawa -
Letter
Letter to Mr. Hope, LAC, Ottawa -
Letter
Letter to Mr. Hope, LAC, Ottawa -
Photo of John Hope
LAC, Ottawa -
Photo of John Hope
LAC, Ottawa -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Charles William Hope
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Charles William Hope
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Charles William Hope
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Charles William Hope
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Charles William Hope
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Charles William Hope
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Charles William Hope
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Charles William Hope
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Charles William Hope
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 338 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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