Date: 15th May 1944.
Unit: 403 squadron (R.C.A.F.)
Type: Spitfire IX.
Serial: BR986.
Coded: KH-Z
Location: Caen area Normandy France.
Pilot: Flying Officer J/16198 William Thompson Lane, R.C.A.F. Age. 21. (Killed)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Flying Officer William Thompson Lane on the tail of his Spitfire BR986 BH-Z.
Took-off from R.A.F. Kenly on Circus, p.m. shot down in combat with FW190’s by Oblt. Kurt Goltzsch, Staffelkapitan of 5./JG2 near Caen, one of five Spitfires lost in the Caen area this day.
Telegram reporting the death of William T. Lane.
Flying Officer William Thompson Lane (Colorized photo “DB Colour”) and his grave at Dieppe (Shirley Tort).
Burial Details:
Flying Officer J/16198 William Thompson Lane, R.C.A.F. Age. 21.
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-Sur-Mer. Row. H. Grave. 18.
Son of Frederick Carleton Lane and Doris Thompson Lane, of Sudbury, Ontario.
Research and page construction by David King & Alexander King, Aircrew Remembrance Society, Further credits. C.W.G.C., I.W.M., (Shirley Tort). "Fighter Command Losses" - Norman Franks.(Colorized photo “DB Colour”)