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Hughes Leo L.

Name:
Leo L. Hughes
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-814905
Unit:
563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-04-11
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:

Leo L. Hughes entered the military service in New York. He served as a Second Lieutenant and Co-Pilot on B-17G (#42-97255), 563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Leo was declared "Missing In Action" over Rostock, Germany during the war. His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.