Warrant Officer Thomas Hughes, 24 år, var søn af William og Annie Hughes, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 214 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Den 29. november 1944 forsvandt HAL JP333 - muligvis blev det skudt ned over Skagerrak omkring her kl. 21.10. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"29. november 1944 (kl 21.10). Skagerrak, NV for Hirtshals. Halifax GR. II, JP333 (BY-O).
58 Squadron, 18 Group, Coastal Command, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. (Anti shipping patrol i Skagerrak/ Kattegat). 8 MIA.

Kl. 14.45 lettede JP333 fra Hebriderne, og kl. 19.25 meddelte piloten, F/Lt Dudley Ronald McLeod, over radioen, at han havde observeret et 4000 tons motorskib SØ
for Anholt. Kl. 20.20 meldte han, at skibet muligvis var ramt af to stk. 500 punds bomber. Derefter hørte man ikke mere til JP333. En tysk Ju88 fra I/ NJG3 opererede
via radarstationen »Schakal« ved Skagen, og en Halifax fra 502 Squadron blev angrebet af en tysk natjager NW for Hirtshals.
Kl. 21.10 styrtede et brændende fly ned i nordvestlig retning fra Hirtshals, og det er muligt, at dette fly var JP333." (FT 89-73-39)

Warrant Officer Thomas Hughes, 24, was the son of William and Annie Hughes, of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 214, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

On 29 November 1944 HAL JP333 disappeared - possibly shot down over the Skagerrak about here at 21.10 hours. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"29 November 1944 (21.10 hours). The Skagerrak, NW of Hirtshals. Halifax GR. II, JP333 (BY-O).
58 Squadron, 18 Group, Coastal Command, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. (Anti shipping patrol in the Skagerrak / the Kattegat). 8 MIA.

At 14.45 hours JP333 took off from the Hebrides, and at 19.25 hours Pilot, F/Lt Dudley Ronald McLeod reported over the radio that he had observed a 4,000 tons
motor ship SE of Anholt. At 20.20 hours he reported that the ship had possibly been hit by two 500 lbs bombs. After that no more was heard from JP333. A German
Ju88 from I/NJG3 operated via the radar station "Schakal" at Skagen, and a Halifax from 502 Squadron was attacked by a German night fighter NW of Hirtshals.
At 21.10 hours a plane crashed, burning, in a direction north west of Hirtshals, and that plane might be JP333".  (FT 89-73-39)

See Bomber Command No. 58 Squadron * RAF Coastal Command * RAF - Handley Page Halifax. This Halifax from No. 18 Group RAF took off from RAF Stornoway. Robin Hudson of RAFA Stornoway sent details of airmen from HAL JP333 * HAL JP302 * HAL JP173 * HAL PN402 * HAL JP299. Also HAL HX224 and HAL JP336
took off from RAF Stornoway. See also 58 Squadron (History Page, WW II). See Lost Airmen from RAF Stornoway.  8 airmen.