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Name: G B HUGHES
Rank: Temp Acting Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 754361
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1945-11-09
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: Devon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YEOVILTON CHURCHYARD R.N.A.S. EXTENSION - Somerset
Commemoration details: Row G , Grave 1
Family details: Son of Vernon and Helen Ross Hughes, of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
Rank: Temp Acting Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 754361
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1945-11-09
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: Devon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YEOVILTON CHURCHYARD R.N.A.S. EXTENSION - Somerset
Commemoration details: Row G , Grave 1
Family details: Son of Vernon and Helen Ross Hughes, of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
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