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Leonard Ivan Hughes 1918 – 1945 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 03 Sep 1918

Birth Location: East Leroy, Calhoun Co. MI

Death Date: 24 May 1945

Death Location: Tokyo Bay, Japan. B-29 Pilot shot down by AAA, KIA. Aircarft number Z30 73rd Bombardment Wing, 500th Bomber Group, 882nd Squadron. Aircraft nickname "Sting Shift"

Father: Ivan Hughes

Mother: Nina Worth

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Children(s):

The story of Leonard Ivan Hughes began in 1918 in East Leroy, Calhoun Co. MI. Leonard Ivan Hughes passed away in 1945 in Tokyo Bay, Japan. B-29 Pilot shot down by AAA, KIA. Aircarft number Z30 73rd Bombardment Wing, 500th Bomber Group, 882nd Squadron. Aircraft nickname "Sting Shift".

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Biography

  • The story of Leonard Ivan Hughes began in 1918 in East Leroy, Calhoun Co. MI.
  • Leonard Ivan Hughes passed away in 1945 in Tokyo Bay, Japan. B-29 Pilot shot down by AAA, KIA. Aircarft number Z30 73rd Bombardment Wing, 500th Bomber Group, 882nd Squadron. Aircraft nickname "Sting Shift".

Immediate Family

Parents

Ivan Hughes
1895 – 1980
Birth Location: Deshler, Deleware, Ohio, USA
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Nina Worth
1895 – 1975
Birth Location: East Leroy, Calhoun, Michigan, USA
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Children(s)

Leonard Hughes's Ancestors

Self
Leonard Hughes
1918 – 1945
Birth Place: East Leroy, Calhoun Co. MI
Parents
Ivan Washington Hughes
1895 – 1980
Deshler, Deleware, Ohio, USA
Nina (Edith) Worth
1895 – 1975
East Leroy, Calhoun, Michigan, USA
Grandparents
Charles (Augustus) Worth
1871 – 1956
Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, USA
Agnes (Fidelia) Avery
1875 – 1965
Lebanon, Madison, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
Martin Worth
1832 – 1876
Katherine Burgess
1848 – 1940
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jeremiah Burgess
1814 – 1862
Deborah Wiseman
1818 –

Leonard Hughes's Timeline

2 Records

1918
03 Sep 1918
Birth of Leonard Ivan Hughes in East Leroy, Calhoun Co. MI
East Leroy, Calhoun Co. MI
1945
24 May 1945
Age 27
Death of Leonard Ivan Hughes in Tokyo Bay, Japan. B-29 Pilot shot down by AAA, KIA. Aircarft number Z30 73rd Bombardment Wing, 500th Bomber Group, 882nd Squadron. Aircraft nickname "Sting Shift"
Tokyo Bay, Japan. B-29 Pilot shot down by AAA, KIA. Aircarft number Z30 73rd Bombardment Wing, 500th Bomber Group, 882nd Squadron. Aircraft nickname "Sting Shift"

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 03 Sep 1918
    Event Place: East Leroy, Calhoun Co. MI

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 May 1945
    Event Place: Tokyo Bay, Japan. B-29 Pilot shot down by AAA, KIA. Aircarft number Z30 73rd Bombardment Wing, 500th Bomber Group, 882nd Squadron. Aircraft nickname "Sting Shift
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