Shane Osborn

(1974- ) lived in Norfolk and Lincoln. Military officer, pilot, after safely landing his damaged surveillance aircraft on a Chinese island following an in-flight collision with a hostile Chinese military aircraft, he and 23 other crew members were held prisoners for 11 days until diplomacy resulted in their release; he was credited with regaining control of his aircraft after an 8,000-foot free fall and with saving the lives of his crew; awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Meritorious Service Medal for his actions. Consult Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald, April 8, 2001, pp. A-1, A-8 and April 15, 2001, p. B-8 and Omaha World Herald, April 12, 2001, pp. 1, 2 and May 19, 2001, pp. 1-2 and July 26, 2001, pp. 1-2 and Shane Osborn with Malcolm McConnell, Born To Fly (Broadway Books, 2001).

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