In memory of

Warrant Officer class 1

Gerald Clark Hughes

who died on 19 Aug 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 3 Wireless School, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Warrant Officer class 1
  Service number R63992
  Date of death 19430819
  Cause of death died in a training accident
Narrative history
  R63992 Warrant Officer 1 (RCAF pilot) Gerald Clark (Gerry) Hughes (b.1918) of Toronto, Ontario, died 19430819 and is buried in the soldiers' plot at Regina cemetery. Hughes was the only casualty when his Fleet Fort aircraft was involved in a midair collision while on a training exercise from No. 3 Wireless School and crashed at Stevenson Field, Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was the son of Allan Percival and Bertha (Armstrong) Hughes of Regina and left a wife Madeleine Joyce (Early) at Saskatoon. Gerry was born at Calgary, Alberta, attended Davin and Lakeview schools and Campion college at Regina and was working as an underwriter when he enlisted at Toronto in 1940.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 159 - Sherwood
  Cemetery or memorial location Regina cemetery    

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  Honour roll location(s) Regina
  Geo-memorial Hughes Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.6667°N / 105.2333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74H11
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Close Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19180719
  Place of birth Calgary, Alberta    
  Date of enlistment 19400511
  Place of enlistment Toronto, Ontario    
  Residence on enlistment Toronto, Ontario    
  Occupation underwriter
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