Hughes, George Pryce (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1942-July-11

Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes RCAF

Birth Date: 1912-October-24

Born: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Parents: Son of late George Davies and Hope Julia (nee Murray) Hughes, of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Spouse:

Home: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1940-October-14

Mentioned in Dispatches (1)

Service

RCAF

Unit

105 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fortis in Proeliis Valiant in battles

Base

RAF Horsham St Faith

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/4819

Home
Google MapBuenos Aires, Argentina
Target
Google MapFlensburg Germany
Final Burial
Google MapEsbjerg War Cemetery
AIII 11 19

George Pryce Hughes was a native of Argentina and cousin of Richard Pryce Hughes from England. They had both been living in Buenos Aires, Argentina before leaving together 1940-09-27 for Canada, where they both enlisted in the RCAF

Pilot Officer Richard Pryce Hughes (RCAF) attached to the 10 (RAF) Squadron, was killed in action 1942-04-15 while piloting #10 Squadron RAF Halifax R 9492 ZA-G that crashed in England returning from an operation to Dortmund, Germany, low on fuel. Pilot Officer Hughes stayed at the controls of his aircraft while his crew bailed and was killed when the bomber crashed while attempting an emergency landing

Unvetted Source Memorial - ABCC - Argentine British Community Council

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Mission

Mosquito B.Mk. IV DK299

Bombing Flensburg Germany 1942-July-11 to 1942-July-11

105 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Horsham St Faith

105 Squadron (Fortis In Proeliis) RAF Horsham. Mosquito B IV DK 299 GB-S aircraft was originally on an operation against U-boat construction yards at Flensburg, Germany. The weather conditions were poor and the crew diverted to a secondary target. Believing they were over Germany, they attacked a train. They were actually over Denmark and shot down by a Bf 109G-1 fighter piloted by Uffz Herbert Biermann of 2/JG 1 that had closed in behind the Mosquito and opened fire. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Hughes, attempted to crash-land the damaged aircraft south of Rejsby, Denmark but as the Mosquito skidded across the fields at high speed, it crossed over a stream and hit the opposite bank, where it broke up

Pilot Flight Lieutenant GP Hughes MiD (RCAF) and Navigator Flying Officer TA Gabe (RAFVR) were both killed in action

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

Unvetted Source Mosquito IV DK299 [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...

Unvetted Source Mosquito IV DK299 crash landed near Rejsby 11/7-1942