Sergeant W/Op/AG 1394728 Arthur John Lane, 90 Squadron, aged 20, was born 1943, one of six children, the son of Arthur Edward John Lane (1890 to 1948) and Clara Frances Sims (1900 to 1951). 

On the night of the 22nd/23rd of September 1943 the squadron was tasked to attack Hanover, and at 18.10 hours, Arthur and his crew set out form RAF Wratting Common in Short Stirling, Mark III, MZ262 MP-K.

Shortly after take off, the starboard inner engine caught fire and soon afterwards, at 19.16 hours, as the fire spread, the aircraft exploded at five hundred feet, spreading wreckage in the area of Brockley Green, Kedington, Suffolk, instantly killing all but one of the crew - Flight Sergeant Duffy.

The crew of the aircraft were:-

Sgt 1339597 Francis Ernest Hayman, Aged 23, Buried Torquay

Sgt 1581950 John Downing Law. Aged 20, Buried Tipton

Sgt 1389502 John Fraser McKenzie Gunn, aged 27, buried Wick

Sgt R/134338 George Wallace Moore RCAF aged 30, buried Cambridge cemetery

Sgt 1394728 Arthur John Lane aged 20 buried Hurst Green

Flight Sergeant G L Duffy

Sgt 1649641 Ronald Payton buried Ely Cemetery

Bomber Command had not visited Hanover for two years, and on this night despatched 711 bombers - the USAAF also despatched five B-17s. The American aircraft all returned but the RAF lost twenty-six aircraft, of which three aircraft were lost by 90 Squadron along with fourteen men killed, three injured and two POW.

As for the attack, stronger than forecast winds meant that the markers fell 2-5 miles south east of the city, a deviation which resulted in very inaccurate bombing.