George Pryce Hughes Photo: Knud Riis
Updated:
08 NOV 2011
Airman: a014035.htm Surname: Hughes Init: G
P Rank: F/Lt Service: RCAF Sqdn: 105
P_link: p087.htm Plane: MOS DK299 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Rejsby
Crash_d: d110742 Buried_d: b160742 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A3. 11. 19
Den 11. juli 1942 styrtede
MOS DK299 ned ved Rejsby Å, måske omkring
her.
"Ved aftenstid den 11. juli 1942 blev Flensborg
angrebet af »Mosquito« fly.
Det var meningen, at 6 fly skulle angribe, men det synes, som om nogle angreb
Tønder i stedet for og bombede et tog mellem Døstrup og Skærbæk.
I alt 6 danske blev dræbt og 16 såret ved disse hændelser.
Et af de mod Flensborg udsendte fly, »Mosquito«
DK 299, nedstyrtede (evt. nødlandede) ved Rejsby
Å.
De 2 ombordværende omkom. Flyverne blev begravet den 16. juli 1942." (FAF)
Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes, 29 år, canadisk statsborger, var
søn af George D. og
Hope Julia Hughes, Buenos Aires, Argentine. Awards:
Mentioned in Despatches.
(Kilde:
CWGC)
Se Mosquito fotos
og
Google Map 14 Mosquitoes DK. 2 flyvere.
On 11 July 1942
MOS DK299 crashed at Rejsby Å (Stream), maybe about
here.
"In the evening of 11 July 1942 Flensburg was
attacked by Mosquitoes.
6 planes were to attack, but it seems that instead some of them attacked Tønder
and bombed a train between Døstrup and Skærbæk. Altogether 6 Danes were killed
and 16 injured in these events.
One of the planes targeting Flensburg, »Mosquito«
DK 299, crashed at Rejsby Å (Stream) - or made a hard forced landing. The 2 crew
members on board perished.
The airmen were buried on 16 July 1942." (FAF)
Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes, 29,
a citizen of Canada, was the son of George D. and
Hope Julia Hughes, of Buenos
Aires, Argentine. Awards: Mentioned in Despatches. (Source:
CWGC)
See
Mosquito Photos *
Google Map 14 Mosquitoes DK *
Bomber
Command No. 105 Squadron
105 Squadron. This
Mosquito took
off from RAF
Horsham.
2 airmen. Lost Bombers has
this.