Edward M Lee
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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 |