ISOB Leroy 'Sully' Sullivan - Royal Canadian Air Force
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Grave: 47. E. 9. Isolated Burial
A standard Commonwealth Grave Commission (CWGC) inscribed gravestone.
Flying Officer Leroy Means 'Sully' Sullivan flew with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 506 Fighter Squadron, and was killed in an accident flying his Hawker Typhoon aircraft on November 7, 1943 at Martlesham Heath Air Base.
His best friend from childhood, LT John "Lucky" Luckadoo, a pilot with the 351st Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group, attended his funeral ceremony in November 1943.
Monument Text:
FLYING OFFICER
L.M. SULLIVAN
PILOT
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
7 November 1943
BELOVED ONLY SON OF L.M. AND N.H.SULLIVAN
BORN 20TH DECEMBER 1921 CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
100th Bomber Group
Royal Canadian Air Force
Wars:
WWII