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Name: F M HUGHES
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 763 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nightjar, Inskip
Date of death: 1945-05-12
Aircraft: Avenger II JZ 471
Place of death: Port Soderick, Isle of Man
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SWANSEA (OYSTERMOUTH) CEMETERY - Glamorganshire, Wales
Commemoration details: Section A, Grave 172
Family details: Son of William Thomas Mainwaring Hughes and Amy Iris Hughes, of Swansea
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 763 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nightjar, Inskip
Date of death: 1945-05-12
Aircraft: Avenger II JZ 471
Place of death: Port Soderick, Isle of Man
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SWANSEA (OYSTERMOUTH) CEMETERY - Glamorganshire, Wales
Commemoration details: Section A, Grave 172
Family details: Son of William Thomas Mainwaring Hughes and Amy Iris Hughes, of Swansea
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