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Hugh James (RAF officer)

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Hugh Glanffrwd "Jimmy" James AFC & Bar, DFM (3 October 1922 – 7 January 2015) was a Welsh aviator and Royal Air Force (RAF) officer, who rose to the rank of squadron leader.

His plane, a Bristol Bombay of No. 216 Squadron RAF (a slow transport plane flying a usually "safe" route) was shot down on 7 August 1942 carrying Lieutenant General William Gott to meet Churchill; leading to Bernard Montgomery's promotion in his place and making possible his subsequent victory over Rommel's "Desert Rats".

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