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| Name: |
Eric Yorath "Taffy" Hughes |
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| Country: |
Wales |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps |
| Units: |
3, 46 |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
06 July 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
Brigend, Glamorgan |
| Died: |
14 July 1979 |
| Place of Death: |
Hove, East Sussex |
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2nd Welsh Brigade; Eric Yorath Hughes was promoted to Second Lieutenant on 3 October 1914. Hughes was a stockbroker before he died in 1979.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
04 Sep 1917 |
0930 |
46 |
Sopwith Pup (A6188) |
Albatros C (OOC) 1 |
S of Scarpe |
| 2 |
11 Sep 1917 |
1055 |
46 |
Sopwith Pup (A6188) |
C (OOC) 2 |
S of Scarpe |
| 3 |
21 Sep 1917 |
0820 |
46 |
Sopwith Pup (A6188) |
C (OOC) 3 |
S of Scarpe |
| 4 |
01 Dec 1917 |
0910 |
46 |
Sopwith Pup (B2191) |
Albatros D.III (DES) |
Cambrai |
| 5 |
12 Dec 1917 |
1020 |
3 |
Sopwith Camel (B5238) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Cambrai |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Maurice Scott, Lt Charles Odell, Lt C Courtneidge (B1802), Lt E Armitage (B1837) |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt Maurice Scott, Lt Arthur Lee, Lt E Armitage |
| 3 |
Shared with Capt Maurice Scott, Lt Arthur Lee |
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