Lee, Hazel Ah Ying, 1912-1944

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Aviator, pioneer 1930's Chinese American in Portland, Oregon. Member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II. First Chinese American woman to fly for the U.S. military. Lee died in an airplane collision, while in service, one of 38 members of the WASP to die during WWII.

From the description of Hazel Ying Lee Collection. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 123128806

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referencedIn Woods, Inez Woodward, 1917-. Inez Woodward Woods personal and family papers, 1970s-2000. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
referencedIn Pfister, Betty Haas. Betty Haas Pfister photograph album, 1943-1944. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
creatorOf Hazel Ying Lee Collection. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
referencedIn Dussaq, Katherine Applegate Keeler. Katherine Applegate Keeler Dussaq scrapbooks (2), 1937-1938. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
referencedIn Hazel Ying Lee Collection. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
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associatedWith Dussaq, Katherine Applegate Keeler. person
associatedWith Lee, Hazel Ying person
associatedWith Lee, Hazel Ying, 1913-1944. person
associatedWith Pfister, Betty Haas. person
associatedWith Tong, Frances M. person
associatedWith Women Airforce Service Pilots corporateBody
associatedWith Woods, Inez Woodward, 1917- person
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United States
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Chinese American women
Women air pilots
Women in aeronautics
World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1912

Death 1944-11-25

Birth 1913

Death 1944

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