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Name: W D C HUGHES
Rank: P/Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1941-01-10
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4196, coded 'G3Q'
Place of death: Near Halton, Buckinghamshire
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LLANELLI (BOX) CEMETERYCarmarthenshire, Wales
Commemoration details: Section 2, Row 32, Grave 10
Family details: Son of Lieutenant D. J. Hughes and Muriel A. Hughes, of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Rank: P/Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1941-01-10
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4196, coded 'G3Q'
Place of death: Near Halton, Buckinghamshire
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LLANELLI (BOX) CEMETERYCarmarthenshire, Wales
Commemoration details: Section 2, Row 32, Grave 10
Family details: Son of Lieutenant D. J. Hughes and Muriel A. Hughes, of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
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