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Ronald Vivian Phelps Hopkins

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Vivian AWMM
  • Surname
    Phelps Hopkins AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Phelps-Hopkins AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ411899 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 October 1918 RNZAF Biographies (R17845611) Kaiapoi, Canterbury RNZAF Biographies (R17845611)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. L. S. Phelps-Hopkins. 17 Smith St, Kaiapoi (Mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Leonard Seymour Phelps Hopkins and Mabel Doris Hopkins, of Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand.

      Attended Christchurch West High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845611)) AWMM
    • He was killed in the downing of Short Stirling EH892 HA-U, 218 Sqn during a raid against Wuppertal.
      There are two versions of the loss:
      1. Shot down by a Bf.110G-4 C9+FN flown by Fw Herbert Hubatsch, of night-fighter unit 5./NJG 5 (detached to 6./NJG 1), (Bonn-Hangelar airfield).
      2. Hit by flak and crashed into a hillside near Kalenborn, 2km west of Vettelschoss. Public - Antonio - Researcher - 8 October 2022 - web research
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Death

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  • Death
    25 June 1943 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Kalenborn, Germany AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany AWMM 9. F. 12. AWMM
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Sources

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    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ha - Hy. Archives New Zealand (R17845611) - Former archives reference: AIR118 AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743) AWMM
    • Please note that the 12 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions. AWMM

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