Ensign B. Lee, USNRF, was designated Naval Aviator #137 in 1917.
Reported to have been the first to loop a twin-engine Curtiss flying boat, Killingholme, England. Killed in the crash of his seaplane, into the Humber River, near Killingholme. Received the Navy Cross (posthumously) for his efforts as a seaplane pilot while patrollong the waters of the War Zone.
Lee Field, an auxiliary airfield at NAS Jacksonville, Fla. was named in his honor.
Reported to have been the first to loop a twin-engine Curtiss flying boat, Killingholme, England. Killed in the crash of his seaplane, into the Humber River, near Killingholme. Received the Navy Cross (posthumously) for his efforts as a seaplane pilot while patrollong the waters of the War Zone.
Lee Field, an auxiliary airfield at NAS Jacksonville, Fla. was named in his honor.
Ensign B. Lee, USNRF, was designated Naval Aviator #137 in 1917.
Reported to have been the first to loop a twin-engine Curtiss flying boat, Killingholme, England. Killed in the crash of his seaplane, into the Humber River, near Killingholme. Received the Navy Cross (posthumously) for his efforts as a seaplane pilot while patrollong the waters of the War Zone.
Lee Field, an auxiliary airfield at NAS Jacksonville, Fla. was named in his honor.
Reported to have been the first to loop a twin-engine Curtiss flying boat, Killingholme, England. Killed in the crash of his seaplane, into the Humber River, near Killingholme. Received the Navy Cross (posthumously) for his efforts as a seaplane pilot while patrollong the waters of the War Zone.
Lee Field, an auxiliary airfield at NAS Jacksonville, Fla. was named in his honor.
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