Series 01 Part 02: Hughes family correspondence, 3 April 1917-22 September 1918 - Page 464
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imagine, for we were very great friends and had always flown together. It was rotten luck for him after coming through so much with me. He was last seen under control going down & had just shot down a hun. I sent special enquiries for him through the Prisoners of War & yesterday heard that both he & Clarke (his pilot) are safe prisoners & unwounded! You can imagine my joy at knowing he was all right – though it is bad enough luck that he should be a prisoner. He is a grand chap and we worked so well together.
I am enclosing some snapshots of the old crowd when we were "over there" – they will interest you I know. To me they are the most valuable set I've got.
To continue my narrative of movement, I got orders on Saturday to report here (Gosport) for a special course of instruction at the School of Special Flying. I had Sunday in town on the way as I arrived there on Saturday