Christian Langolf
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssociated person record.
LWG, Withers crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 160 lists him as KIS 23 June 1943 when bombs loaded into B17 #42-30024 "Caroline" exploded. 23 members of the 533rd BS were killed. Listed as KIS, 23 June 1943, in the 381st BG War Diary. Buried in the Brookwood Cemetery. Reinterred in the Cambridge AMC.
Port Huron, MI
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11095163
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15320732
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37249675
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33281444
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13065542
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Caroline
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brookwood American Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, UK
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Port Huron, MI, USA | 17 January 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 12 May 1942 | |
Other Killed in Service |
Ridgewell, England, Station 167 | 23 June 1943 | Caroline Explosion |
Buried |
Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial | 26 June 1943 | |
Based |
Ridgewell | 23 June 1943 | |
Buried |
Plot F Row 7 Grave 60 |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
NARA - Enlistment records
ABMC.gov
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone
Photo from the Don Madar Collection
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 160, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia