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207626 Flt.Sgt. Fred Hooper Royal Air Force 9 Squadron from:Sheffield, Yorkshire Fred Hooper was my brother-in-law. He married a Land Army girl in Sheffield later moved to Skegness, Lincs. Fred was a Rear Gunner on a Lancaster and took part in the bombing of the Turiptz. Fred would sometimes spend up to 10 hours in the rear gunner position. On the 12th Nov 1944 British Lancasters equipped with 12000 tall boy bombs destroyed the Terpitz. The attack was by RAF operating from Yagodnik near Archangel in Rushia. No. 9 and 617 Squadrons took part. Fred's ashes and memorial are at East Kirkby, Lincolnshire along with others, his log books are fully detailed and held by his sons. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.