Sgt. Lee was serving with 9 Sqdn. He was a crew member of Wellington IC R1279 WS- which took off from Honington on a mission to Genova. There was engine trouble whilst flying over the Alps. All six crew were killed.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1941; W.R. Chorley; 1993; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 87 3