Joseph Oscar Lee
Military
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UPL 31828
1LT Joseph O. Lee
Pilot - Crew #678
466th BG - 786th BS
Lee flew a 32 mission combat tour 466th Bomb Group collection
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
Assigned to 786BS, 466BG, 8AF USAAF. Pilot of 'This Above All'
Awards: AM (4OLC), EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: This Above All
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 April 1945
- Date: 18 March 1945
- Date: 4 March 1945
- Date: 29 November 1944
- Date: 26 November 1944
Places
- 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 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son