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Joshua David Lane
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Technical Sergeant
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750th Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
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District of Colombia
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Joshua David Lane was born in Washington, DC. A top turret gunner on the B-17 #42-31568, he was one of the survivors when his plane was shot down over Paris on June 14, 1944. Their plane crashed in Iverni, four miles northwest of Meaux, France.
Joshua was one of the 152 allied airmen and soldiers who were helped and hidden in the Freteval Forest camp by the French Resistance to evade German capture.