Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Orval Benjamin Hughes
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Orval Benjamin Hughes
November 20, 1941
Military Service
J/4790
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
109 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
Commemorated on Page 33 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
Coll. grave 5. E. 1-5.
HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY is on the main coast road from Mersa Matruh through to Libya, and is on the east side of Halfaya Sollum, approximately 12 kilometres from the Egypt/Libya border.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Orval Benjamin Hughes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Orval Benjamin Hughes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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