Lee served as a Corporal and Tail Gunner on a B-25 (#unknown), 823th Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 16, 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
This B-25, while on a bombing mission over Namoa Bay off the coast of China, was hit and shot down by ground anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the bay during the war.
Lee was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 38406213
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Airmen lost on this B-25:
Ahcheko, Lee E ~ Corp, Tail Gunner, OK
Burnham, Wilfred E ~ Pvt, Gunner, KS
Ebright, Robert J ~ Corp, Turret Gunner, MI
Hackworth, John S, Jr ~ Corp, Radio Operator, VA
Rossa, Stanislav I ~ FO, Co-Pilot, OH
Webb, James N ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, WA
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 16, 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
This B-25, while on a bombing mission over Namoa Bay off the coast of China, was hit and shot down by ground anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the bay during the war.
Lee was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 38406213
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Airmen lost on this B-25:
Ahcheko, Lee E ~ Corp, Tail Gunner, OK
Burnham, Wilfred E ~ Pvt, Gunner, KS
Ebright, Robert J ~ Corp, Turret Gunner, MI
Hackworth, John S, Jr ~ Corp, Radio Operator, VA
Rossa, Stanislav I ~ FO, Co-Pilot, OH
Webb, James N ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, WA
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Lee served as a Corporal and Tail Gunner on a B-25 (#unknown), 823th Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 16, 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
This B-25, while on a bombing mission over Namoa Bay off the coast of China, was hit and shot down by ground anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the bay during the war.
Lee was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 38406213
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Airmen lost on this B-25:
Ahcheko, Lee E ~ Corp, Tail Gunner, OK
Burnham, Wilfred E ~ Pvt, Gunner, KS
Ebright, Robert J ~ Corp, Turret Gunner, MI
Hackworth, John S, Jr ~ Corp, Radio Operator, VA
Rossa, Stanislav I ~ FO, Co-Pilot, OH
Webb, James N ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, WA
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on June 16, 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
This B-25, while on a bombing mission over Namoa Bay off the coast of China, was hit and shot down by ground anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the bay during the war.
Lee was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 38406213
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Airmen lost on this B-25:
Ahcheko, Lee E ~ Corp, Tail Gunner, OK
Burnham, Wilfred E ~ Pvt, Gunner, KS
Ebright, Robert J ~ Corp, Turret Gunner, MI
Hackworth, John S, Jr ~ Corp, Radio Operator, VA
Rossa, Stanislav I ~ FO, Co-Pilot, OH
Webb, James N ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, WA
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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