Ken Lee (RAF officer)

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Kenneth Norman Thomson Lee (23 June 1915 – 15 January 2008) was a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF). He flew with 501 Squadron in the Battle of France where he shot down five German bombers to become an ace.[1][2] On 18 August, he was one of four Hurricane pilots shot down by Gerhard Schöpfel.[3]

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  1. ^ "Squadron Leader 'Hawkeye' Lee", Daily Telegraph, 27 February 2008
  2. ^ "Squadron Leader Ken 'Hawkeye' Lee", The Times, 19 March 2008
  3. ^ Goss, Chris (2018), Knights of the Battle of Britain — Luftwaffe Aircrew Awarded the Knight's Cross in 1940, Yorkshire, UK: Pen and Sword Books, ISBN 978-1-52672-651-3