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Robert W. Lee

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Robert W. Lee

Birth
Death
19 Feb 1945 (aged 21–22)
Japan
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 82 SITE 235
Memorial ID
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US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
S/Sgt. Robert F. Lee KIA
Hometown: Indiana
Squadron: 877th 499th Bomb Group
Service# 15328220?
Awards:
Pilot

Target:
Mission Date: 15-Feb-45
Serial Number: #42-65222,
Aircraft Model B-29-15-MO Superfortress
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Super Wabbit
Location:
Cause: Rammed by kamikaze Ki-45 fighter while on mission over Tokyo, Japan. All eleven crew KIA.

Sgt. Lee is buried in a group burial at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St Louis. His memorial marker Monroeville Memorial Cemetery Monroeville Allen County Indiana is a cenotaph.

Super Wabbit Crew
1st/Lt. Ernest J. B. Nelson Pilot
1st/Lt. Martin H. Nicholson Pilot
2nd/Lt. Glenn O. Rohden
2nd/Lt. William S. Nelson Jr.
2nd/Lt. Martin L. Forbes
S/Sgt. Robert F. Lee
S/Sgt. Robert F. Lee
Sgt. Selig H. Bauch
Sgt. Clarence E. Den Boer
Sgt. Robert O. Grote
Sgt. Luther D. Otto
Sgt. Martin F. Siltanen
US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
S/Sgt. Robert F. Lee KIA
Hometown: Indiana
Squadron: 877th 499th Bomb Group
Service# 15328220?
Awards:
Pilot

Target:
Mission Date: 15-Feb-45
Serial Number: #42-65222,
Aircraft Model B-29-15-MO Superfortress
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Super Wabbit
Location:
Cause: Rammed by kamikaze Ki-45 fighter while on mission over Tokyo, Japan. All eleven crew KIA.

Sgt. Lee is buried in a group burial at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St Louis. His memorial marker Monroeville Memorial Cemetery Monroeville Allen County Indiana is a cenotaph.

Super Wabbit Crew
1st/Lt. Ernest J. B. Nelson Pilot
1st/Lt. Martin H. Nicholson Pilot
2nd/Lt. Glenn O. Rohden
2nd/Lt. William S. Nelson Jr.
2nd/Lt. Martin L. Forbes
S/Sgt. Robert F. Lee
S/Sgt. Robert F. Lee
Sgt. Selig H. Bauch
Sgt. Clarence E. Den Boer
Sgt. Robert O. Grote
Sgt. Luther D. Otto
Sgt. Martin F. Siltanen


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  • Maintained by: John Dowdy
  • Originally Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42252238/robert_w-lee: accessed ), memorial page for Robert W. Lee (1923–19 Feb 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42252238, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by John Dowdy (contributor 47791572).