World War I United States Naval Officer, Aviator. He served during World war I as a aviator in the United States Naval Reserve Flying Corps. He died in a plane crash at the Naval Air Station at Killingholme, Lincolnshire, England on October 28, 1918 when the plane he was piloting crashed into the River Humber; the second pilot was rescued but a mechanic who was also on board, Raymond G. Fisher was also reported missing.
Benjamin Lee II
World War I
Unit Naval Air Station, Killingholme
Rank Ensign U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of Death October 28 1918
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lee Field at the Naval Air Station at Green Cove Springs, Florida was named in honor of him in September 1940 (the NAS was decommissioned in 1960 and no longer exists).
Benjamin Lee II
World War I
Unit Naval Air Station, Killingholme
Rank Ensign U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of Death October 28 1918
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lee Field at the Naval Air Station at Green Cove Springs, Florida was named in honor of him in September 1940 (the NAS was decommissioned in 1960 and no longer exists).
World War I United States Naval Officer, Aviator. He served during World war I as a aviator in the United States Naval Reserve Flying Corps. He died in a plane crash at the Naval Air Station at Killingholme, Lincolnshire, England on October 28, 1918 when the plane he was piloting crashed into the River Humber; the second pilot was rescued but a mechanic who was also on board, Raymond G. Fisher was also reported missing.
Benjamin Lee II
World War I
Unit Naval Air Station, Killingholme
Rank Ensign U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of Death October 28 1918
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lee Field at the Naval Air Station at Green Cove Springs, Florida was named in honor of him in September 1940 (the NAS was decommissioned in 1960 and no longer exists).
Benjamin Lee II
World War I
Unit Naval Air Station, Killingholme
Rank Ensign U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of Death October 28 1918
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lee Field at the Naval Air Station at Green Cove Springs, Florida was named in honor of him in September 1940 (the NAS was decommissioned in 1960 and no longer exists).
