Stanley Lee
He was a joinery works manager in 1939.
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He was the son of William Thomas Lee and Sarah Ann Lee and the brother of Ernest and Elsie Lee of 62, Meadow Road, Beeston, Nottingham.
DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Coll. grave 4. H. 3-7. Germany
Lancaster I LL805 took off 2154 27 April 1944 from Mildenhall to bomb Friedrichshafen. Shot down by a night- fighter and crashed into wooded country between Gottmadingen and Singen (Hohentwiel).
No survivors. Fatalities: Lee (AB) + SJR Soper (P), BH Watts (FE), RL Gibson (N), WJ Howerd (W/Op), D King (AG), G Wood (AG).
323 aircraft attacked the small town of Friedrichshafen. Deep into southern Germany in full moonlight, this operation was hazardous but the targets - important factories making gearboxes and engines for German tanks- meant the risk was taken. 1,234 tons of bombs were dropped during ahighly successful operation. 67% of the town's built up area was devastated. 136 people were killed and 375 injured. 655 houses were destroyed with 421 severely damaged. 18 Lancasters (5.6% of the attacking force) were lost. German officials later told the American bombing survey team that this was the 'most damaging raid on tank production of the war.' (Source: Middlebrook and Everitt, Bomber Command War Diaries p.501)
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