LEE, Robert W.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1923 - 1945  (21 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	LEE, Robert W.  [4]
  Birth	23 Aug 1923	Paulding, Ohio, USA   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 February 1945	Japan   [4]
  Burial	Monroeville, Allen County, Indiana, United States of America   [4]
  Association	LEE, Robert W. (Relationship: presumed same person)
  Notes	US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II S/Sgt. Robert F. Lee KIA Hometown: Indiana Squadron: 877th 499th Bomb Group Service# 15328220? Awards: Purple Heart Pilot Target: Tokyo. Mission Date: 15-Feb-45 Serial Number: #42-65222, Aircraft Model B-29-15-MO Superfortress Aircraft Letter: Aircraft Name: Super Wabbit Location: Lake Kawaguchi, Cause: Rammed by kamikaze Ki-45 fighter while on mission over Tokyo, Japan. All eleven crew KIA. Took off Aslito Field (Isley Field) on Saipan for a bombing mission against Tokyo. Flying in the 2nd element, 2nd position. Clouds covered the primary target, the Musashino aircraft plant. Instead, the B-29s bombed the port and urban area of Tokyo. Over the target, they were intercepted by four 53rd Sentai Ki-45 Nicks led by Lt. Aoki over Tokyo Bay. The Ki-45 piloted by Yamada rammed this B-29 from head on while making a steep turn. Observed by other B-29s, the left wingtip folded over and broke off, causing the B-29 to spin twice, break apart and crash. No crew members were seen to bail out. Wreckage Crashed near Lake Kawaguchi, the wreckage was inspected by the Japanese. The bodies of the crew were found at the crash site and buried in a local cemetery. The entire crew was declared dead the day of the mission. Postwar the remains of the crew were exhumed and transported to the United States for final burial at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery at section 82 site 235.
  Person ID	I422358055495	Ancestry dot com tree
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	LEE, Crockett Denver,   b. 16 May 1901, Paulding County, Ohio, United States of America d. 14 October 1963, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, United States of America (Age 62 years)
  Mother	LOTHAMER, Hazel Mae,   b. 5 August 1904, Allen County, Indiana, United States of America d. 10 August 1950, Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, United States of America (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	18 Feb 1922	Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F3370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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