Gilbert Luster Langdon Jr

Military
media-45389.jpeg UPL 45389 Gilbert Luster Langdon Jr. 1989. Gilbert Langdon was the Belly Gunner for 30 missions under Captain Nordic in Black Cat 13. I believe, with respect, the crew listed for Black Cat 13 were flying her to the states when she had the mid air collision. Gilbert did a documentary interview. I will find and edit this with the web adress.

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Object Number - UPL 45389 - Gilbert Luster Langdon Jr. 1989. Gilbert Langdon was the Belly Gunner for 30 missions under Captain Nordic in Black Cat 13. I believe, with respect,...

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-32009

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Buffalo Gal aka Black Cat 13
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

42-97621

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Ossining, New York 25 May 1924

Died

Newport Washington 15 March 2004 Memorial service for Gilbert Luster Langdon Jr., 79, will be today at 10:30 a.m. at the United Church of Christ in Newport. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Langdon, who died Monday, was born in Ossining, N.Y. During World War II he served in the Air Force as a belly gunner on B-17s. He was a welder in construction, primarily on big dams, including Grand Coulee, Glen Canyon and Dworshak. He also worked on the San Joaquin Irrigation Project. He was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers. He married Lois E. LeDuc in 1972, and they moved to Newport in 1977. Survivors include his wife; eight children, Larry Langdon of Rochester, N.Y., Cindi Harper of Great Falls, Va., Gilbert Langdon III and Mark Rinard, both of Craig, Colo., Nan Goerry of Spokane, Stella Mackey of Bend, Ore., Roxanne Schultz of Missoula, and Lori Langdon of California; and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Buried

Newport, Washington

Enlisted

Enlisted

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Added an association to the 95th BG made in error by me.

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adding info

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Adding info on Gilbert Langdon

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Added a connection to the 95th BG since the 350th Bomb Squadron was part of that group.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son

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