An incredible story waiting to be told! Flight Lieutenant Pat Hughes, was the top scoring RAAF Pilot and one of the top-ten in Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, hailed from Cooma, New South Wales. He had over 15 credited kills and had transferred from the Royal Australian Air Force to the Royal Air Force in 1937 under the Short Service Commission Scheme. Attached to No. 234 Squadron RAF, Hughes flew Spitfires over Plymouth airfields, conducted long-distance missions over the Atlantic