Charles Vester Lang Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer in B-24 42-51322 17-Dec-44; lagging behind formation, set upon by Fw190, #3 engine set aflame, A/C exploded. Baled out, rescued from Danube by Russians. RTD MACR 10742
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korean and Vietnam conflicts, retiring from service as Lt Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Carrollton, Pickens County, AL | 19 October 1920 | Son of Charles V Lang Sr and Myrtie Mabel [St. John] Lang. |
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Enlisted |
Tuscaloosa, AL | 10 March 1942 | Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
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Other Baled out RTD |
25 miles south Budapest, Hungary | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer in B-24 42-51322 17-Dec-44; lagging behind formation, set upon by Fw190, #3 engine set aflame, A/C exploded. Baled out into Danube. |
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Died |
Biloxi, MS | 17 April 2006 | |
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Buried |
Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi, MS | 21 April 2006 | Biloxi National Cemetery Biloxi, Mississippi |
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Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
| Ocean Springs, MS |