Hugh James (RAF officer)

Hugh Glanffrwd "Jimmy" James AFC & Bar, DFM (3 October 1922 – 7 January 2015) was a Welsh aviator and Royal Air Force (RAF) officer, who rose to the rank of squadron leader. His plane was shot down in 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 "Desert Rats".