Chinese member of WASPS killed (11-25-44)

The Pittsburgh Press (November 26, 1944)

Chinese member of WASPS killed

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Hazel Y. Lee

Detroit, Michigan (UP) – (Nov. 25)
Authorities at Romulus Army Air Base reported that Hazel Y. Lee, 31, American-born Chinese member of the Women’s Air Force Service Pilots, died today at Great Falls, Montana, of injuries suffered Thursday when a fighter plane she was ferrying crashed near the city.

She began flying in 1932, and spent six years in China as an employee of the Chinese Air Force. She enlisted in the WASPS in February 1943 and had been stationed at Romulus since August of that year.

Her husband, Maj. Yin Cheung Louie, is a flier with the Chinese Army.