Hugh Glanffrwd "Jimmy" James (3 October 1922 – 7 January 2015) was a Welsh aviator and Royal Air Force (RAF) officer, who rose to the rank of squadron leader.
On board was were 24 people, including General Gott, who had just been appointed head of the Eighth Army and was flying to meet Winston Churchill.
"[2] James returned to duty and flew missions in the Middle East for the rest of the war, including in the Dodecanese campaign, piloting the last plane to leave Kos.
After the war, he flew and trained pilots in the Berlin airlift, for which he received a bar (second Air Force Cross).
James himself believed so, noting that the presence of six German fighters that far behind British lines was unexpected, and staying to complete the destruction a crashed aircraft odd.