Joseph Oscar Lee

Military
media-31828.jpeg UPL 31828 1LT Joseph O. Lee
Pilot - Crew #678
466th BG - 786th BS

Lee flew a 32 mission combat tour 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Archives - Photo from the Lee family collection provided by son, David Lee

Object Number - UPL 31828 - 1LT Joseph O. Lee Pilot - Crew #678 466th BG - 786th BS Lee flew a 32 mission combat tour

Assigned to 786BS, 466BG, 8AF USAAF. Pilot of 'This Above All'

 

Awards: AM (4OLC), EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-829210
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33670241
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator - Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34888250
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shadrach
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron 845th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 786th Bomb Squadron 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Belle
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Duffy's Tavern
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-14 Liberator (serial number 44-40328) nicknamed "This Above All" of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: This Above All
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group flies over Berlin during a mission. 18 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18/3/45 Berlin.'
  • Date: 18 March 1945
  • Date: 29 November 1944
  • Date: 26 November 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fannin County, Georgia 23 November 1916 Born Fannin County, Georgia

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, UK 26 November 1944 - 25 April 1945 32 combat missions

Died

Macon, GA, USA 10 October 1973

Buried

Macon Memorial Park Macon, Georgia 13 October 1973 Interred Macon Memorial Park Macon, Bibb County, Georgia

Lived in

Macon, GA, USA 42 Lake Street

Revisions

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Info from David Lee, son.

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466th BG Archives - 18 March 1945 mission formation plan

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son

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