Paterson Clarence Hughes
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Paterson Clarence Hughes, was an Australian fighter ace of World War II. Serving with the Royal Air Force, he was credited with as many as seventeen aerial victories during the Battle of Britain, befo
Hughes in 1940
Hughes, c. December 1936
Dornier Do 17 and Supermarine Spitfire, 1940
Franz von Werra
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Franz Xaver Freiherr von Werra was a German World War II fighter pilot and flying ace who was shot down over Britain and captured. He was the only Axis prisoner of war to escape from Canadian custody
Paterson Clarence Hughes
…combat with the last-mentioned when its tanks ruptured, covering Hughes's canopy in oil. One of his victims on 5 September may have been Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, who was captured and subsequently became famous as "the one that got away". Hughes and his protégé, Bob Doe, claimed half of No. 234 Squadron's victories…
Franz Freiherr von Werra
Franz von Werra's Bf 109E-4, pictured at Marden, Kent