Capt James C Lane (Unknown-1945) - Find A Grave Memorial

James Claude Lane, (b. 14 July 1917)

B-29 Superfortress Airplane Command Pilot assigned to 20th Air Force, XXI Bomber Command, 313th Bomb Wing, 505th Bombardment Group (VH), 482nd Bomb Squadron, aboard Boeing B-29 serial #44-69941 which crashed on take-off from North Field on Tinian in the Mariana Islands on 16 August 1945.

According to MACR #14850; eight souls on-board (6 aircrew, 2 passengers).

KIA-DNB were:

O-440065 James Claude Lane Capt. Nacogdoches County, Texas (Enlisted ASN: 18030868)

O-931352 Ralph Ross, Jr. 2Lt. born Washington Twp, Missouri; hometown Clovis, New Mexico

2057569 Robert L. Courtade 2Lt. Grand Traverse County, Michigan

20155534 William H. Correia TSgt. Bristol County, Rhode Island

16031584 Billy B. Crisler SSgt. Coles County, Illinois

33624096 Frederick Robert Leverentz Sgt. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania