Hughes Leo L.

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Leo L. Hughes is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

388th Bomb Group Memorial -RAF Knettishall Station 136

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.