Jean Lee (aircraftwoman)

Jean Suey Zee Lew (née Lee; July 26, 1924) is a Canadian veteran of World War II who was the only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).

[1] As a member of the RCAF Women's Division, Lee was stationed from 1942 to 1945 at the Royal Canadian Air Force Depot, Eastern Air Command, at Rockcliffe, Ontario.

[1] She was awarded her Canadian Citizenship Certificate in a ceremony in February 1947, along with 6 other veterans.

She was one of the first women of Chinese descent to become a Canadian citizen.

[1] As of 2023, Lee lived a "very private" life residing in Washington D.C..[4]

Lee (right) meets with William Lyon Mackenzie King , 1943