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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Leroy E. Pusey

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Marion Station, Maryland

Honored By

Hope Shores

Relationship

Granddaughter

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED IN THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 487TH BOMB GROUP. SERVED WITH 8TH AIR FORCE FROM DECEMBER 1943 TO NOVEMBER 1945. A TAIL GUNNER ON A B-17 BOMBER 'PADDLEFOOT' LED BY PILOT HENRY SHEPPARD OUT OF AIR BASE AT LAVENHAM, ENGLAND. FLEW 16 MISSIONS OVER GERMANY UNTIL BEING SHOT DOWN ON THE 17TH. HE WAS A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR AT LUFT STALAG XIII-D, THEN MARCHED TO STALAG VII-A BEFORE LIBERATION.