Arthur Sugas

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by German aircraft on 17-Aug-43 in P-47C 41-6372, 56FG/63FS while performing bomber escort support for the withdrawl B-17s that had attacked Schweinfurt, Germany. The aircraft crashed near Wolder, Holland and 1LT Sugas was Killed in Action.

Initially burried at the general cemetery Tongerseweg, Maastricht, the Netherlands and later at the American Cemetery, Margraten, the Netherlands. His remains were repatriated after the war and burried at the Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Wolder, Maastricht 17 August 1943

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Buried at the Margraten cemetery on 10 July 1945. In 1949 his remains were repatriated to the USA.

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Air Medal with oak leaf cluster added based on publication "Arthur Sugas - zijn duel voor de vrijheid" (2005, Stichting Heemkunde van Wilre tot Wolder".

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Update info based on investigation for Traces of War.

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Information added based on Dutch investigation for Traces of War.

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Lee Cunningham 18-May-2015. Edited Summary Biography with A/C infomration and loss details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey, MBE and MACR 265.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 265 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list