M-Mother Dambuster Flight Lieutenant John 'Hoppy' Hopgood

John 'Hoppy' Hopgood, pilot and 2nd in command in the May 1943 Dambusters raid, died a hero at just 21 years old. Wounded by flak and with his Lancaster M-Mother ablaze, Hoppy had no hope of escape yet managed to gain height for two of his crew to parachute to safety. The plane crashed moments later. Using Hoppy's school diary and letters to his mother and sister, this book tells the story of how a boy from a small Surrey village matured into a gutsy war hero. A veteran of forty-eight bombing sorties and an expert pilot in three Bomber Command Squadrons, this is the man who taught Guy Gibson how to fly a Lancaster.

ISBN:	9780750961844
Publisher:	The History Press
Imprint:	The History Press
Published date:	06 Apr 2015
DEWEY:	940.544941092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	270
Weight:	734g
Height:	167mm
Width:	240mm
Spine width:	25mm

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