Irvin E Lang

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22513.jpeg UPL 22513 1st Scouting Force P-51D 44-13764 5E-B. Pilot is Phil Algar on his way to Grafton Underwood for the 200th mission party of his old unit the 384th BG. This a/c was lost on 15 February 1945 with F/O Irvin E Lang being killed in action.

Object Number - UPL 22513 - 1st Scouting Force P-51D 44-13764 5E-B. Pilot is Phil Algar on his way to Grafton Underwood for the 200th mission party of his old unit the 384th BG....

Assigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) scouting mission Dresden in P-51D 44-13764; fuel transfer control froze, preventing selection of remaining fuel. Baled out or bellied in near Waldernbach. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12377



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Weepin Deacon II / Eaglebeak
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 384th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 14 December 1942

Died

1.5km NW Waldernbach, Germany 15 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) scouting mission Dresden; crashed near Waldernbach. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12377

Born

Green County, OH Son of William L and Mabel J Lang.

Buried

Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Based

Honington 15 February 1945 Assigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12377 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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