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Benjamin
F.
Lane

Home:

Mullins

, 

South Carolina

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron

    Division:

    U.S.S. Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)

    Action Date:

    October 25, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 368 (October 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Ensign Benjamin F. Lane, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane embarked in U.S.S. FANSHAW BAY (CVE-70), during the Battle off Samar, on 25 October 1944.