LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Austin Arthur HUGHES

Service No: 20775
Born: Richmond VIC, 4 May 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 January 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RAAF Station Point Cook VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Service Flying Training School Oxford aircraft R6194), near Point Cook, 10 August 1943, Aged 32 Years
Buried: Geelong Eastern Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son Of Thomas Roy and Mary Ann Hughes, of Richmond; husband of Claire Ruby Hughes, of Geelong
Roll of Honour: Richmond VIC
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 10 August 1943, Oxford R6194 and Oxford A7139 collided in the air in full flight – three crew members were killed in the accident and one was fatally injured.

The crew members of R6194 were:

Flying Officer Alfred Jack Allen (408615) (Instructor Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Arthur Austin Hughes (20775) (Trainee Dual Pilot) Fatally injured, Died: 10 August 1943
Leading Aircraftman John Glen Legoe (432525) (Trainee Dual Pilot) Dangerously injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 15 January 1945

The crew members of A7139 were:

Flight Lieutenant George Hector Howard (271512) (Instructor Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Dallas William Lynch (432063) (Trainee Dual Pilot)

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/18/146; A9845, 177

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