Flt-Lt (later Sqn Ldr) Hubert Wilson Godfrey Jones

  1916, when a Captain in the Welsh Regt, aged 26

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b 7 Oct 1890, Llandilo, Carm, Wales

British Army 1913-16; RAF 1916-43; 

Won the Hanworth-Blackpool Air Race, 15 Jul 31; 

Died in WWII -  14 May 43, when serving with Station Flight, RAF Middle Wallop, his Hurricane IIb HV895 exploded and crashed in Sudbourne Marshes, during a flight from Martlesham Heath to Orford Ness bombing range to test a new bomb.

  

Research: thanks to Steve Brew

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