P00835.001 Accession Number: P00835.001

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Probably Sydney, NSW. c.1936-12. Studio portrait of 39461 Flight Lieutenant Patterson Clarence Hughes DFC who died 1940-09-07 aged 22, during the Battle of Britain, serving with No. 234 Squadron RAF. During the Battle of Britain he was the top-scoring Australian pilot credited with shooting down 14 enemy aircraft and 3 other shared kills. He was awarded the DFC posthumously on 22 October 1940.

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Accession Number
P00835.001
Photographer
Paramount Studio
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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