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Sir Rochford Hughes
Born(1914-10-25)25 October 1914
Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
Died17 September 1996(1996-09-17) (aged 81)
Taupō, New Zealand
AllegianceNew Zealand
United Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal New Zealand Air Force (1937–38)
Royal Air Force (1938–69)
Years of service1937–1969
RankAir marshal
Commands heldFar East Air Force (1966–69)
No. 19 (Reconnaissance) Group (1962–64)
RAF Jever (1955–59)
Royal Aircraft Establishment (c.1952–54)
No. 511 Squadron (1945–46)
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Air Force Cross
Mentioned in dispatches
Flying Cross (Greece)

Air Marshal Sir Sidney Weetman Rochford Hughes, KCB, CBE, AFC, FRAeS (25 October 1914 – 17 September 1996) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding Far East Air Force from 1966 to 1969.

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