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HUGHES, Paterson Clarence

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rank: F/L
status: kia
airforce: RAF    (no: 39461 )
born: Numeralla Australia

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Top scoring Australian ace, he initially joined the RAAF and then served with RAF squadron 234 as the defacto leader of the squadron. Killed attacking a Dornier 17 in this squadron, he bailed out but his chute did not open Sept 7, 1940. DFC. The second link on the right is a digitized service file with incredible detail from the Australian National Archives (43 pages).

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