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- 398th Bomb Group - Memorial Association
Bob Dee was a WWII decorated Air Corp B-17 co-pilot.
Bob's Diary of his missions has been published by the 8th Air Force Historical web site.
It is quite an honor.
Bob's diary is a valuable contribution to the history of these brave fellows who definitely helped to win the war.
The Air Corps suffered very high losses. History reveals some statistics about the losses:
8th Air Force Killed in Action Statistics
A total of 350,000 airmen served with the Eighth Air Force in England, and to this number, 26,000 were killed, or 7.42 percent. Compared to the percentages of other military branches – U.S. Marines 3.29%, U.S. Army 2.25%, and U.S. Navy 0.41%. - the Air Corps sustained the heaviest losses. More airman with the Eighth Air Force lost their lives than the entire Marine Corps, whose enrollment included 250,000 more people. Strictly measuring the mortality rate for the 210,000 air crewmen the casualty figure soars to 12.38% and in addition, 21,000 from the Eighth Air Force wound up in prison of war camps. Of those who flew the original twenty-five mission bomber tour in 1942-1943, just 35% survived, the twenty-five to thirty mission requirements of 1944 saw 66% completed, and by 1945, 81% of the combatants flew the full thirty-five engagements.
From the book entitled: “The Mighty Eighth” by Gerald Astor.
The official 398th Bomb Group Memorial Association Web Pages, or informally the 398th Web Pages. - http://www.398th.org/
The 398th was part of the 8th Air Force 1st Air Division during WWII and was one of many B-17 Bomb Groups stationed in England. The 398th was formed in the USA in 1943 and was stationed in Nuthampstead, England from April 1944 until June 1945.
http://www.martydee.com/MT/ - 2004
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1922 - DECEASED Has 45 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1900 - 1995 (94 years)
Richard DEE, b. Abt 1595 d. DECEASED (7 x Great Grandfather)
d. 8 Jun 1995, Denver, Colorado, USA 
Robert Hurst DEE, b. 7 Apr 1900, Denver, Colorado, USA