David Hughes (RAF officer)

Captain David James Hughes was a Welsh First World War flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
Hughes was born in Hoole, Chester, to Welsh parents James Hughes, a draper from Bryneglwys, and Catherine Griffith from Caernarfon.

Military service

Hughes was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps as a temporary second lieutenant on the General List on 12 August 1917, and was confirmed in his rank on 30 October.
After completing his pilot's training, Hughes became an instructor for a while. He was then assigned to No. 3 Squadron to fly a Sopwith Camel. He ran up a total of two enemy aircraft destroyed, two driven down out of control, and one captured, between 8 August and 23 October 1918.
His award of the Distinguished Flying Cross was gazetted in November 1918, his citation reading:
Hughes left the RAF, being transferred to the unemployed list, on 28 January 1919.
He immigrated to the United States in 1929, working as a cotton broker. He died in Dallas in 1955 of emphysema.