LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Leonard James HUGHES
Service No: 412594
Born: Gulgong NSW, 5 February 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 19 July 1941
Unit: No. 7 Flying Instructors School (RAF), RAF Station Upavon
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Flying Instructors School Oxford aircraft V3194), Wiltshire, 29 January 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Upavon Cemetery, Wiltshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Albert and Rowena Frances Hughes, of Spicer’s Creek, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Spicer’s Creek NSW
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1500 hours on 29 January 1943, Oxford V3194 took off from Upavon detailed to carry out single engine approaches and forced landings during a two hour flight. At 1700 hours advice was received that V3194 and Oxford V3311 had collided and V3194 had crashed near High Post airfield, Salisbury, Wiltshire, and the crew members killed. Oxford V3311 was landed safely.
The crew members of V3194 were:
Sergeant Leonard James Hughes (412594) (Pilot under Instructor)
Flying Officer Thomas Arthur Perry (126632) (RAFVR) (Instructor 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, 166/18/24