Service Details
Name:
 LANE
Given Name:
 GORDON FREDERICK
Initials:
 G F
Service No:
 205677V
Trade:
 Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 31 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-07
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Date of Death 2:
 1944-08-08
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 7 crew, shot down while attacking the Steinnamager aerodrome at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW144
Additional
Information:
Son of William Thomas and Lillian Annie Lane, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. Born East London. A bank official.
Commemoration
Country:
 Hungary
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Cemetery:
 BUDAPEST WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave III. D. 1-7.

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