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Dennis Hugo was born at Crediton in Devon on 5 December 1923, the younger son of Dr Harold Hugo MD, and Florence (née Tucker). He was educated at Durleston Court School, Swanage, and then at Bradfield College.
Dennis Hugo entered Worcester College on 24 April 1942 as an RAF Cadet, and was later commissioned as a Pilot Officer. In 1945 Dennis Hugo was stationed in Holland with 66 Squadron. On 11 April 1945 he took off from Landing Ground B85 in a Spitfire with eleven other aircraft from his Squadron to attack enemy ground positions in the Peheim area of Germany. After dropping their bombs they made a strafing attack on an enemy held village under considerable anti-aircraft fire. During the attack Pilot Officer Dennis Hugo was killed when his port wing was hit by flak at a very low level. He was 21 years old.
Dennis Hugo is buried at Sage War Cemetery in Germany. He is commemorated on the Spitfire Memorial Building at Manston Airfield in Kent, and on the war memorials at Crediton, Bradfield College, and Worcester College, Oxford.