Crew Roster · Personal File
John L. Lee
Waist Gunner · Tully Crew · 409th Squadron
From the 2nd Air Division Association Yearbook
Part of the 93rd Bomb Group, sent to England in January 1945. Experienced the ME-262 jet fighters in combat. German fighters were less numerous than earlier in the war but still inflicted damage, and anti-aircraft ammunition remained plentiful.
Completed Tour
Sortie Log
7 CATALOGUED SORTIES
02 MAR 1945 — 15 APR 1945
02 MAR 1945 — 15 APR 1945
The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 859
02 MAR 1945
Magdeburg/Rothensee O/IO/I
4-3
Bodacious42-109837
№ 861
03 MAR 1945
Magdeburg/Rothensee O/RO/R
Formation position 3-2
XX-XX337
№ 877
10 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Spare
Jitters From Bitters42-95204
№ 913
25 MAR 1945
BuckenO/D
XX-XX714
№ 920
31 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Formation position 3-1
XX-XX714
№ 935
09 APR 1945
Target unrecorded
Formation position 3-1
XX-XX714
№ 951
15 APR 1945
Target unrecorded
XX-XX119
§ Personal Record
Before the War
Born June 8, 1922 in Baltimore, MD. Joined USAAC in 1942 and became part of a combat crew on a B-24.