Eric George Lane

Served with 51. Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve :
Based at : RAF Snaith, Pollington, East Yorkshire.

Lost in Aircraft : Handley Page, Halifax II : Serial Number : HR727 : Markings : MH-V.
Aircraft crashed on Blackden Edge, Ashop Moor, near Edale in bad weather after attacking Frankfurt as part of a force of 409 aircraft including 3 B-17s.

He was buried in Nottingham General Cemetery (Grave 18324). Private memorial, 'In loving memory of Sergt Flt. Eng. Eric Lane who died for his country Oct. 5, 1943'

CWGC Additional information: Son of George Thomas Lane and Alice Agnes Lane, of Nottingham, husband of Ida May Lane, of Hyson Green, Nottingham.

International Bomber Command Centre Memorial: Lane, Eric George.

RAF Snaith Memorial Gardens, Pollington, East Yorkshire, memorial plaque to the crew of HR727 MH-V. Inscription: 'In Memory of Sgt. E. Denning Pilot. F/Sgt. G. Fortin Navigator. Sgt. F. Squibbs W/Operator. Sgt. E. Lane Flight Engineer. Sgt. B. Short M/U Gunner".

St. John the Baptist Church, Pollington, East Yorkshire, Roll of Honour (Book).
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Deaths’, 8 October 1943: ‘Lane. Sgt. Flt. Eng. Age 20, killed on operations duty, darling husband of Ida and only son of Mr and Mrs Lane. Never was so much owed by so many to so few. Good-night and God bless. Interment Nottingham. Broken-hearted wife and family.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

Nottingham Evening Post, 9 October 1943: Photograph with caption, ‘Sgt.Flt.Eng. Eric Lane of 8 Aston-terrace, Randal-street, Nottingham, killed on active service.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Acknowledgements, 12 October 1943: ‘The Wife and Family of the late Sgt. Flt. Engr. Eric Lane wish to thank relatives, friends and neighbours for kind letters and floral tributes in their great loss.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)