Edward M Lee

Military

Assigned to 721BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Isarco/Albes, Italy 28-Feb-45; flak hit to #4 engine, dropped 1000ft before control regained. Crashed vicinity of Conegliano, Italy Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12514



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 721st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14193781 / O-838060
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 721st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06955017
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Better Late Than Never
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 98th Bomb Group 415th Bomb Squadron 721st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Miami Beach, FL 22 February 1943 Miami Beach, Florida

Died

Conegliano. Italy 28 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Isarco/Albes, Italy 28-Feb-45; flak hit to #4 engine, dropped 1000ft before control regained. Crashed vicinity of Conegliano, Italy KIA MACR 12514
Decatur, GA Joined the service from Georgia. Nok: Wife Mary L Lee resided Decatur, GA

Based

Manduria 28 February 1945 Assigned to 721BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 14 Grave 28

Born

Florida, USA