HUGHES, Horace

Rank: 
Leading Aircraftman
Unit / Base: 
'Servicing Commando Units (RAF)'
Service: 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Number: 
1024016
Died : 
Tuesday, May 11, 1943
Died on war service

3232 Servicing Commando. Accidentally drowned while on bathing parade at Givat Olga beach, Palestine.

Sources
CWGC.
War Deaths RAF (all ranks) 1939-48, Volume 8, General Register Office.
The RAFSC and TSW Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.
The Naval and Military Press List, originally compiled by Chris Hobson, of airmen and airwomen who died while under Royal Air Force control.
 
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