LEE James L - 323 BS 91 BG

James Lawrence LEE

LEE James L

Source : Richard Mullally

NUMBER OF SERVICE

O-790854 (36158226)

AGE

25 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

28 September 1917 Grand Haven, Ottawa County, MICHIGAN

ENLISTMENT STATE

MICHIGAN

FAMILY

Parents : James Wesley & Hilma Swanty LEE

Sister : Sara Gadsden

RANK

First Lieutenant

FONCTION

CoPilot

JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

7 November 1941

REGIMENT SQUADRON

323^rd Bomber Squadron

DIVISION GROUP

91^st Bomber Group, Heavy

ARMY

8^th US air Force

DATE OF DEATH

3 January 1943

LEE James L

Source : F Lavernhe

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Saint-Nazaire, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique

DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-35-BO - s/n 42-5084 OR*?
"Panhandle Dogie"

b17

Macr : 2286
Mission : St-Nazaire (44): base sous-marine

Takeoff 09h00 station 121 Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire UK
To note that Lt Roten fell on a house rue de Beaulieu in Noirmoutier

Shot down by hunter

Explodes in flight, after being evacuated by parachute, then falls at sea

CEMETERY

BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin)

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
Wall of the Missing

DECORATION

Air Medal

Bronze Star

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilote

bsm

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

STORY

LEE James L

Source : Richard Mullally

James was a brother of the Michigan Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity at the University of Michigan.

The Grand Haven, MI native was Michigan Alpha's first casualty of WWII, and was serving with the 323rd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group (Heavy) when he was killed in action over Western Europe.

He attended the University of Michigan from 1935-1937.

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-35-BO - s/n 42-5084 OR "Panhandle Dogie"
1Lt	William M	ANDERSON	Pilot	Dead	Vicksburg Nat Cem. Warren Co, Mississippi	O-789362 - 22 ans - Texas
1Lt	John Henry	ROTEN	Navigator	Prisoner	O-727048 - Né le 20/04/1919 - Ohio - Landing on the roof of a house on the island of Noirmoutier - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang
1Lt	James Lawrence LEE		CoPilot	Dead	MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James	O-790854 - AM/PH - Michigan
1Lt	Lyle G	KARNATH	Bomber	Dead	MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James	O-726909 - AM/PH+1 - Washington
T/Sgt	Rex O	BARKER	Mechanic/Gunner	Dead	MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge	36168719 - AM/PH - Michigan
S/Sgt	Anthony C	McCAULEY	Radio	Dead	MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James	33262730 - AM+2 PH - Pennsylvania
T/Sgt	Robert E	MARRER	Gunner	Dead	MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge	12030006 - AM/PH - New York
S/Sgt	La Vern A	SENN	Gunner	Dead	MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge	16046839 - AM/PH - Minnesota
S/Sgt	Herman	ODEGARD	Gunner	Dead	Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg)	37174401 - AM/PH - Minnesota
Sgt	Richard Q	FLINT	Gunner	Dead	Cim Brit Am St-James	32218730 - AM+1/PH - New York

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