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TSGT Earl Winfred Lee

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TSGT Earl Winfred Lee Veteran

Birth
Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
4 Feb 1944 (aged 22)
Amiens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 82 SITE 111
Memorial ID
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Shot down February 4, 1944 aboard B-24H Liberator #42-7542 by a German Fw-190A fighter while on a mission from their base at Bungay, Suffolk, England.

Five other crew members survived and were taken as POWs.

The crew KIA were:

1st Lt. Marvin W Garber, Pilot, IN
1st Lt. Joseph Bernard Adams, Bombardier-Nose Gunner, KS
2nd Lt. John T Carmody, Navigator, NY
TSgt. Earl W. Lee, Engineer-Top Turret Gunner, MA
SSgt. Adrian W Kieley, Left Waist Gunner, NY
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Service ID: 11091482.
Shot down February 4, 1944 aboard B-24H Liberator #42-7542 by a German Fw-190A fighter while on a mission from their base at Bungay, Suffolk, England.

Five other crew members survived and were taken as POWs.

The crew KIA were:

1st Lt. Marvin W Garber, Pilot, IN
1st Lt. Joseph Bernard Adams, Bombardier-Nose Gunner, KS
2nd Lt. John T Carmody, Navigator, NY
TSgt. Earl W. Lee, Engineer-Top Turret Gunner, MA
SSgt. Adrian W Kieley, Left Waist Gunner, NY
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Service ID: 11091482.

Inscription

TSGT, 707 AAF BOMB SQ 446 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

Gravesite Details

Returned from France for re-burial on September 8, 1949.



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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37332341/earl_winfred-lee: accessed ), memorial page for TSGT Earl Winfred Lee (18 Jan 1922–4 Feb 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37332341, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).