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Full Name
Pilot Officer Willie Lee
Rank Last Held
Pilot Officer
Forename(s)
Willie
Surname
Lee
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
NZ416123
Date of Birth
12 January 1914
Place of Birth
Dannevirke, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Date
2 December 1940
Last Unit Served
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 61 Operational Training Unit
Place of Death
United Kingdom
Date of Death
14 November 1942
Age at Death
28
Year of Death
1942
Cemetery Name
Oswestry General Cemetery, Shropshire, England
Grave Reference
Sec. T. Grave 10.
Biographical Notes
* Pilot Officer Lee was educated at Pui Ching Middle School, Canton. He attended night school and studied mathematics for two years and then attended the Central Military Airforce School at Hangchow where he completed 100 hours flying. In 1938 he returned to New Zealand and enlisted in 1940. Between his return and joining the airforce he worked for Stanley Chan, a fruit grower in Auckland.
* His first base was at the Initial Training Wing at Levin where he went on 9 November 1941 and trained on Harvard aircraft.
Further References
New Zealand Herald 5 April 1997 "Forgotten Fighting Forces"
Sources Used
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: www.cwgc.org
Full Name
Pilot Officer Willie Lee
Rank Last Held
Pilot Officer
Forename(s)
Willie
Surname
Lee
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
NZ416123
Date of Birth
12 January 1914
Place of Birth
Dannevirke, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Date
2 December 1940
Last Unit Served
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 61 Operational Training Unit
Place of Death
United Kingdom
Date of Death
14 November 1942
Age at Death
28
Year of Death
1942
Cemetery Name
Oswestry General Cemetery, Shropshire, England
Grave Reference
Sec. T. Grave 10.
Biographical Notes
* Pilot Officer Lee was educated at Pui Ching Middle School, Canton. He attended night school and studied mathematics for two years and then attended the Central Military Airforce School at Hangchow where he completed 100 hours flying. In 1938 he returned to New Zealand and enlisted in 1940. Between his return and joining the airforce he worked for Stanley Chan, a fruit grower in Auckland.
* His first base was at the Initial Training Wing at Levin where he went on 9 November 1941 and trained on Harvard aircraft.
Further References
New Zealand Herald 5 April 1997 "Forgotten Fighting Forces"
Sources Used
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: www.cwgc.org