Jack E Lang

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-26614.jpeg UPL 26614 Jack E. Lang, 93rd Bomb Group

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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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-190737
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13042736
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35013607 at enlistment, then O-734896
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13011885
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Man with the rank of Colonel wearing  WWII era Air Force uniform shaking hands with man wearing a similar uniform but with the rank of staff sergeant.  Two other uniformed men are in the background
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11045730
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Tarfu
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ball of Fire Junior
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Urgin Virgin
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

13 October 1941 Fort Crook, Nebraska

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

13 November 1943 in the ditching in the North Sea of B-24D #42-41004

Born

Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska

Buried

Jack Lang is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge

Revisions

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Contributorawgaster
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National Archives Washington DC

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Corrected typo ("oil" > "oli"...) in Biography

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Roger Freeman's "Mighty Eighth War Diary"
Wallace R. Forman's "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory"

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MACR 2182
WWII Enlistment Records
ABMC website

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Associated Media

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Added a “ ’ ” at Urgin in the Summary biography – Source : Wallace R. Forman's "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory"

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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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

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