Albert L Lane

Military

Shot down by fighters just after bombs away on a mission to Brunswick on 20 February 1944 in B-24H 42-52139 'Birney Marlin'. Some of the crew baled out and a/c crashed near Gottingen. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Prisoner of war

20 February 1944

Born

Alexandria, Virginia

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2780, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces