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)
"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)
Se
Halifax Print * Halifax Mk III på
YAM 2019 *
folk bag en Halifax klar til en
mission. 8 flyvere.
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. (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 JP333 took off from the Hebrides,
and at 19:25 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 a plane crashed, burning,
in a direction north west of Hirtshals, and that plane might be JP333". (FT
89-73-39)
See
No. 58 Squadron RAF
- Wikipedia * RAF Coastal
Command. This
Halifax from No. 18
Group RAF took off from
RAF Stornoway. Halifax Print
* Halifax
painting Robin Hudson of RAFA Stornoway
sent
details of airmen from HAL JP333 * HAL JP302
* HAL JP173 * HAL PN402 * HAL JP299.
Also HAL HX224 * HAL JP336
* HAL HR686
and HAL JP330
took
off from
RAF Stornoway. See Lost Airmen from RAF
Stornoway.
8 airmen.
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