Newell Ross Lane
MilitaryAssigned to 324BS, 98BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 21-May-43 in B-17 42-5857. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 16136
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733593
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16035360 / O-661957
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Green Valley, MN | 22 May 1912 | |
Enlisted |
11 August 1942 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 21 May 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
26 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Pipestone County, Minnesota | 14 January 1963 | |
Buried |
Ruthton Cemetery Ruthton, Pipestone County, MN | 17 January 1963 | Ruthton Cemetery Ruthton, Pipestone County, Minnesota |
Based |
Bassingbourn | 21 May 1943 | Assigned to 324BS, 98BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16136 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database