Forename: Hubert Donald
Surname: Buckley
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Institution: St Paul's College
Hubert Donald Buckley was a student at St Paul’s College from 1932-1934, where he was sports editor for the student magazine ‘The Chelt’. His college nickname was “Birdie”. After college he became a teacher for the City of Birmingham Education Department.
He joined the 35th Squadron RAF as a Pilot Officer and was reported missing presumed killed following a raid on Cologne on 11 December 1942, aged 28. Hubert left a wife, Gwendoline. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Hubert’s daughter Sue donated her father’s college items to the University in 2015, including his sports cap and shorts, photograph album depicting his time as a student and a photograph of him having just received his RAF wings taken in the garden of his parent’s house, 20 Houghton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. https://sca.glos.ac.uk/index.php/deposit-relating-to-hubert-donald-birdie-buckley-st-pauls-college-student-1932-1934