LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Eric Douglas LEE
Service No: 414413
Born: Brisbane QLD, 13 March 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 September 1941
Unit: No. 1 Target Towing Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Target Towing Unit Hampden aircraft X3026), Ayrshire, 7 August 1943, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Dunure Cemetery, Ayrshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leonard George and Emily May Lee, of Valley, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 125, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1345 hours on 7 August 1943, Hampden X3026 crashed, at Ayrshire, Scotland, when the aircraft hit high ground when flying in low cloud and rain and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of X3026 were:
Flying Officer Leslie Norman Buttimore (417194) (RNZAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Sydney Raymond Greer (417208) (RNZAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Henry Wilcox Johnstone (414043) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Eric Douglas Lee (414413) (Observer)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/24/152