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Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Whilst on mission to provide top cover for 335FS, section were bounced by Bf109's. A/C received multiple hits and caught fire, forcing pilot to bail out. Pilot 2nd Lt Dean Lange wounded in left arm by cannon fire, captured shortly after landing in Beavais, France. A/C crashed just north of Therdonne, France. POW. MACR 7944.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17113786 / O-700284
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-792184
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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Therdonne, France 18 August 1944 - 18 August 1944 A/C received multiple hits and caught fire, forcing pilot to bail out. Pilot 2nd Lt Dean Lange wounded in left arm by cannon fire, captured shortly after landing in Beavais, France. A/C crashed just north of Therdonne, France. POW. MACR 7944.

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MACR 7944 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database