World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
Leland Hedges Pennington
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Rochester, New York
Honored By
Austin Hancock
Relationship
Pennington Memorial Flight Leader
A member of the Tuskegee Airmen, served as a P-51 Mustang pilot with the 301st FS of the 332nd FG. Reported MIA on 4/21/45 while flying his P-51B ‘Lucy Gal.’