Us Official Photographs
Member of the United States Army Air Force Fighter Squadron
1942-06-01
member of the United States Army Air Force fighter squadron that destroyed seventy-two Japanese planes in aerial combat in New Guinea from June 1, 1942 to January 8, 1943 shortly after the fall of Buna Mission, is shown here. He is Second Lieutenant John H. Lane, 227 Truxton Avenue, Bakerfield, California, who has three confirmed victories.