# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paterson-clarence-hughes
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:00:54.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paterson-clarence-hughes"
name: "Paterson Clarence Hughes"
slug: "paterson-clarence-hughes"
description: "Paterson Clarence Hughes, was an Australian fighter ace of World War II. Serving with the Royal Air Force (RAF), he was credited with as many as seventeen aerial victories during the Battle of Britain, before being killed in action in September 1940. His tally made him the highest-scoring Australian of the battle, and among the three highest-scoring Australians of the war."
tagline: "Australian fighter ace"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paterson_Clarence_Hughes_1940.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1917-09-19"
deathDate: "1940-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.26
  momentum:             0.3157894736842103
  historical:           6.147769333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paterson_Clarence_Hughes"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "باترسون كلارنس هيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson_Clarence_Hughes"
    title: "Paterson Clarence Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson_Clarence_Hughes"
    title: "Paterson Clarence Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson_Clarence_Hughes"
    title: "Paterson Clarence Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson_Clarence_Hughes"
    title: "Paterson Clarence Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson_Clarence_Hughes"
    title: "Paterson Clarence Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump