Hugh James (RAF officer)
Hugh Glanffrwd "Jimmy" James AFC & Bar, DFM was a Welsh aviator and Royal Air Force officer, who rose to the rank of squadron leader.
His plane, a Bristol Bombay of No. 216 Squadron RAF was shot down on 7 August 1942 carrying Lieutenant General William Gott to meet Churchill; leading to Bernard Montgomery's promotion in his place and making possible his subsequent victory over Rommel's "Afrika Korps".
