Son of Herbert Loyd Lane and Mary A. "Mayme" Leavelle. Brother of Pauline Lane and Glendean Lane McGhee.
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]."
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]."
Son of Herbert Loyd Lane and Mary A. "Mayme" Leavelle. Brother of Pauline Lane and Glendean Lane McGhee.
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]."
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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