Jack E Lang
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25118
Object Number - UPL 26614 - Jack E. Lang, 93rd Bomb Group
2 December 1942 while transporting navigators to a school in Oxfordshire, main landing gear retracted upon landing at the RAF station of Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire. All crewmembers, including Pilot Leon C. Packer, survived on B-24 #41-23674.
On April 16, 1943 Captain Packer would crash-land battle-damaged B-24 #41-23847 " Yard Bird" at St Eval, Cornwall, with all but one crew member surviving.
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on the oil fields at Ploesti, Rumania on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator #41-23810 "Tarfu".
Jack Lang was Radio Operator on B-24D #42-41004 “The Urgin' Virgin” which was lost in the North Sea on the 13 November 1943 mission to Bremen, Germany, with all 11 men onboard still missing. Killed In Action (KIA).
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16034774
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
13 October 1941 | Fort Crook, Nebraska | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
13 November 1943 | in the ditching in the North Sea of B-24D #42-41004 | |
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Born |
Omaha, Nebraska | ||
| Omaha, Nebraska | |||
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Buried |
Jack Lang is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge |
Revisions
Roger Freeman's "Mighty Eighth War Diary"
Wallace R. Forman's "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory"
Added a “ ’ ” at Urgin in the Summary biography – Source : Wallace R. Forman's "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory"
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
ABMC; MACR 2182, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 51 , 105, 367 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2182 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database