Leroy Calvin Sugg
Military
Huntsville Times, 4/21/1943
Object Number - UPL 44426 - Leroy C. Sugg of Huntsville, AL.
Leroy C. Sugg of Huntsville, Alabama, completed 25 missions as a B-17 co-pilot and pilot in the 423rd Bomb Squadron of the 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy). He was killed on 2 June 1944 while bailing out as Pilot of B-29 #42-6375 of the 234th Army AF Base Unit, which had caught fire. The ship crashed 18mi SE of Clovis AFB, New Mexico.
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
21 January 1942 | Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia | |
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Born |
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Leroy C. Sugg of Huntsville, AL served as a co-pilot and pilot in the 423rd Bomb Squadron of the 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy).
