The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-14
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base. He also attended Michigan
State Normal College here Prior
20 entering the u A.AF., Lane
was a flying instructor with the
Royal Canadian Air Force.
His war record is largely I'M
known, but brief excerpts from
il. officially revealed, indicate
why Capt Lane wears the Air
Medal with seven Oak Leaf clus-
tiers, in addition 20 many other
more common decorations of the
Mediterranean theatre
SANK THREE SHIPS
Hc-waS pilot OF B-26 Marau-
der bomber on many important
missions. and on II occasions pi-
loted the famous "Coughlin's
Coffin bomber which made
history in North Africa and
Sicily. Among Lanes many &C
complishments Was the sinking
Of three Axis vessels near Italy.
An official citation given sf-
ter one of Lanes bombing mis-
SionS, reads. "On one occasion,
his ship riddled by flax, the up
per turret gunner killed outright
and the bombardier blinded,
Capt. Lane nursed his ship back
to its home base to make sue
cesSful crash landing"
So much for Capt Lane, who
is only IS and just starting
out according to his proud
father.
CARR A VETERAN
Lieut.. Lee Carr is veteran"
OF three years service with the
Army Air Forces. He is the son
of Mrs. Frances Carr Bunting, of
33 Garden Drive - who Incl
dentally is doing her bit for the
war effort by working 10 hours
a day in Roseville engineering
plant engaged in war contracts.
Step-father Guy Bunting is
Civil Service employe at Sell
fridge Field.
Shortly after graduation from
Mount Clemens High School,
Lee Carr headed for the Army
Air Forces and advanced so rap
idly that he was entitled to his
wings before his 2lst birthday
- which in those days was the
earliest age for commission.
He was sent overseas more
than year ago. and went UNI
scathed through the thickest Of
the North African, Sicilian and
Italian campaigns. He is now
attached TO his squadron head
quarters as assistant operations
officer and chief air service Of
ficer He is expected TO be pro-
NOTED 10 the rank of major.
CORRESPONDENTS STORY
Lieut.. Carr now wears the Air
Medal with at least one Oak
Leaf cluster, and his command
er, Lieut.. Col. Fred Sherwood,
has recommended him for the
DISC.
Lowell LimpuS, war CORES
pendent just returned from AL
geria, where he was attached TO
Gen. EiSSnhower's headquarters,
describes Cars heroism and his
commanders estimation of it, in
the following dispatch concern
ing the Troop Carrier Com
mand.
1t was at Catania that they
took British air borne troops in
to relieve the pressure when
Rommel seemed TO have Mont
gomery stalled.
Col Sherwood described Lee
Cars feat:
1T got pretty rough and Lee
ducked down between a pair of
high river banks in his CAT :.
that's the DC-3 Of the air lines.
He suddenly shot up, circled his
target and dropped three para
troopers before they got his
range. They shot away his con-
trolls and he went away from
there while he repaired them.
He came back and dropped
three more, and then the AA
guns got to him again. One mo-
tor cut out and Lee went off 10
fix it, He got il going again,
came back, circled and dropped
four more They registered on
him again and the same engine
died,
LOSES AN ENGINE
He headed out again and
flew over friendly battleship
that didn't recognize him and
cut loose with everything it had.
Lee dived out OF the flax SO low
that he hit the water, but darned
if he didn't haul her up out OF
the drink into the air again.
Better do something about
that engine he called TO his CO.
pilot and the co-pilot yelled
back:
What engine?'
Lee looked around 10 see the
engine was gone - left in the
ocean. He staggered on about
mile and bounced into the water