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Military service
Service number:
J/4819
Age:
29
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
105 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
October 24, 1912
Buenos Aires
Enlistment:
October 14, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
July 11, 1942
Near Rejsby, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
AIII. 11. 19.
Additional information
Son of late George Davies and Hope Julia (née Murray) Hughes, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cousin of Pilot Officer Richard Pryce Hughes, Royal Canadian Air Force attached to the 10 (RAF) Squadron, killed in action on 15 April 1942.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Mentioned in despatches 13 June, Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 26 February 1947.
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Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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George Hughes in England some months ago of his death.
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Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes
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Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes
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Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes
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Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes
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Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes
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Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes
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Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes
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Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes
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Commemorated on:
Page 83 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY Denmark
Esbjerg is a port in south-western Jutland. ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY is about 3 kilometres to the north of the town, off the road to Hjerting, along the Gravlundvej.
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