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James Elwood LANE
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Source : Benny Jameson
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 6898584 | ||||||
| AGE | 24 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 29 April 1918 Broad Top City, Huntingdon County, PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Parents : Herbert & Mary A Leavelle Lane | ||||||
| RANK | Master Sergeant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Mechanic | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT |  | ||||||
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| SQUADRON | 327th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 9 October 1942 |
Source : normandybrew | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Hameau de Lannay - Cne de Mouchin | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type E - s/n 41-9018
Macr : 15218 Shot by hunter (Lt Otto Stammbergers of 9 / JG26.) On his return from mission | ||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Saint-André N°3572
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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| DECORATION |
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| STORY | |||||||
| From the Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Daily News, Thursday, January 28, 1943: "Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lane, Wood, received the sad news from the War Department that their son, Master Sergeant James E. Lane, 24, died of wounds in combat duty over Western Europe. "On Tuesday, October 13, 1942, his parents received word that their son was missing in action in the Western Europe since October 9. Then on January 2, the announcement came that Sergeant Lane 'died of wounds received in action in defense of his country in the Western European area on October 9.' A letter containing more details will follow. "Sergeant Lane was graduated from Robertsdale High School in 1937 and in August of the same year enlisted in the Army Air Corps. For a short time he was stationed at Langley Field before being transferred to the Air Corps Technical School at Denver, Colorado. After his graduation in Aircraft Armament on December 2, 1938, he returned to Florida and served there until he received his honorable discharge on August 18, 1940. The next day he re-enlisted for a period of three years in the Reconnaissance Squadron, returned to Denver, and was graduated from the Air Technical Maintenance School on October 10, 1941. On January 23, 1942, he graduated from the Gunnery School at Las Vegas and was sent back to MacGill Field, Florida, for some time before going across [to Europe]." | |||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type E - s/n 41-9018
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| 1st Lieutenant | Francis H | CHORAK | Pilot | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-442749 - PH - Fils de Katie Chorak, Mount Shasta, CALIFORNIA - Saute de 30m - Parachute non ouvert |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Joseph J | FRACCHIA | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia | O-789386 - Fils de Frank Fracchia, Memphis, TENNESSEE | ||
| 2nd Lieutenant | Grady Wayne | ROPER | Navigator | Escaped | O-790158 - Né le 02/07/1919 - Fils de Samuel G Roper, Albany, GEORGIA | |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Charles G | KOLODZINSKI | Bomber | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia | O-659561 - Epoux de Edith E Kolodzinski, North Hampton, MASSACHUSETTS | |
| S/Sergeant | Paul R | GORDON | Mechanic | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 13029445 - Fils de Howard W Walker, Tamaqua, PENNSYLVANIA - Blessé | |
| M/Sergeant | James E | LANE | Mec/Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 6898584 - PH - Pennsylvania |
| S/Sergeant | John J | DOLAN | Radio | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 31035541 - PH - Fils de John Dolan, MASSACHUSETTS |
| S/Sergeant | Donald E | BUCKLAND | Radio/Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 19053673 - PH - Fils de Gertrude Buckland, Berkeley, CALIFORNIA |
| S/Sergeant | Malcolm | CULPEPPER | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 34241096 - PH - Fils de Kate G Culpepper, FLORIDA |
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Source : Michel Coste |
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