85645 Pilot Officer HUGH CHARLES ADAMS,
501 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Trade:Pilot
Age:22
Hugh Charles Adams (1918-1940), born in Nottingham on 16 April 1918, son of John Coker Adams (barrister-at-law) and Grace Adams (née Clough) of Chaddleworth, Berkshire, formerly of Meadow Green, Welwyn Garden City.
Attended Cheam School, Surrey and Sherborne School (The Green) September 1932-December 1936; House Prefect; 2nd XI (1936); 1st Class Gym; Gym Squad (1935-36).
Engineering. Lived at Chathill Cottage, Lower Tanbridge Lane, Oxted, Surrey.
WW2, Pilot Officer 85645, Royal Air Force (his commission was gazetted on the day he was killed). He joined the RAFVR in January 1938 and was called up on 1 September 1939. After completing his training, in May 1940 he joined 501 Squadron as a Sergeant-Pilot. He was flown to France, with other squadron personnel, in a Bombay transport on 11 May 1940. The aircraft crashed when it landed at Betheniville. Adams was among those injured and sent home. He rejoined 501 Squadron on 17 July 1940.
Killed in action on 6 September 1940, aged 22, during the Battle of Britain when, during a patrol, he was shot down at 9.00hrs over Ashford, Kent. His aircraft, Hurricane V6612, crashed at Clavertye, near Elham, Kent.
Son of John Coker Adams, and Grace Adams, of Chaddleworth, Berkshire.
Grave Reference-North of Church.
501 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Trade:Pilot
Age:22
Hugh Charles Adams (1918-1940), born in Nottingham on 16 April 1918, son of John Coker Adams (barrister-at-law) and Grace Adams (née Clough) of Chaddleworth, Berkshire, formerly of Meadow Green, Welwyn Garden City.
Attended Cheam School, Surrey and Sherborne School (The Green) September 1932-December 1936; House Prefect; 2nd XI (1936); 1st Class Gym; Gym Squad (1935-36).
Engineering. Lived at Chathill Cottage, Lower Tanbridge Lane, Oxted, Surrey.
WW2, Pilot Officer 85645, Royal Air Force (his commission was gazetted on the day he was killed). He joined the RAFVR in January 1938 and was called up on 1 September 1939. After completing his training, in May 1940 he joined 501 Squadron as a Sergeant-Pilot. He was flown to France, with other squadron personnel, in a Bombay transport on 11 May 1940. The aircraft crashed when it landed at Betheniville. Adams was among those injured and sent home. He rejoined 501 Squadron on 17 July 1940.
Killed in action on 6 September 1940, aged 22, during the Battle of Britain when, during a patrol, he was shot down at 9.00hrs over Ashford, Kent. His aircraft, Hurricane V6612, crashed at Clavertye, near Elham, Kent.
Son of John Coker Adams, and Grace Adams, of Chaddleworth, Berkshire.
Grave Reference-North of Church.
85645 Pilot Officer HUGH CHARLES ADAMS,
501 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Trade:Pilot
Age:22
Hugh Charles Adams (1918-1940), born in Nottingham on 16 April 1918, son of John Coker Adams (barrister-at-law) and Grace Adams (née Clough) of Chaddleworth, Berkshire, formerly of Meadow Green, Welwyn Garden City.
Attended Cheam School, Surrey and Sherborne School (The Green) September 1932-December 1936; House Prefect; 2nd XI (1936); 1st Class Gym; Gym Squad (1935-36).
Engineering. Lived at Chathill Cottage, Lower Tanbridge Lane, Oxted, Surrey.
WW2, Pilot Officer 85645, Royal Air Force (his commission was gazetted on the day he was killed). He joined the RAFVR in January 1938 and was called up on 1 September 1939. After completing his training, in May 1940 he joined 501 Squadron as a Sergeant-Pilot. He was flown to France, with other squadron personnel, in a Bombay transport on 11 May 1940. The aircraft crashed when it landed at Betheniville. Adams was among those injured and sent home. He rejoined 501 Squadron on 17 July 1940.
Killed in action on 6 September 1940, aged 22, during the Battle of Britain when, during a patrol, he was shot down at 9.00hrs over Ashford, Kent. His aircraft, Hurricane V6612, crashed at Clavertye, near Elham, Kent.
Son of John Coker Adams, and Grace Adams, of Chaddleworth, Berkshire.
Grave Reference-North of Church.
501 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Trade:Pilot
Age:22
Hugh Charles Adams (1918-1940), born in Nottingham on 16 April 1918, son of John Coker Adams (barrister-at-law) and Grace Adams (née Clough) of Chaddleworth, Berkshire, formerly of Meadow Green, Welwyn Garden City.
Attended Cheam School, Surrey and Sherborne School (The Green) September 1932-December 1936; House Prefect; 2nd XI (1936); 1st Class Gym; Gym Squad (1935-36).
Engineering. Lived at Chathill Cottage, Lower Tanbridge Lane, Oxted, Surrey.
WW2, Pilot Officer 85645, Royal Air Force (his commission was gazetted on the day he was killed). He joined the RAFVR in January 1938 and was called up on 1 September 1939. After completing his training, in May 1940 he joined 501 Squadron as a Sergeant-Pilot. He was flown to France, with other squadron personnel, in a Bombay transport on 11 May 1940. The aircraft crashed when it landed at Betheniville. Adams was among those injured and sent home. He rejoined 501 Squadron on 17 July 1940.
Killed in action on 6 September 1940, aged 22, during the Battle of Britain when, during a patrol, he was shot down at 9.00hrs over Ashford, Kent. His aircraft, Hurricane V6612, crashed at Clavertye, near Elham, Kent.
Son of John Coker Adams, and Grace Adams, of Chaddleworth, Berkshire.
Grave Reference-North of Church.
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