| Sergeant James
Langton was
serving as Flight Engineer on board Halifax
Mk.VII NP709 coded
OW-A during an operation to
Oberhausen on November 1/2, 1944. The aircraft left Linton-on-Ouse at
1744hrs and is believed to have been shot down by flak, the
entire crew was killed.
The crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
F/O William Anderson |
RCAF |
Pilot |
Toronto, Ontario |
21 |
|
Sgt James Langton |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Scotland |
20 |
|
F/O Gordon Mullin |
RCAF |
Navigator |
- |
- |
|
Sgt Cyril Goble |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
Calgary, Alberta |
22 |
|
Sgt Thomas Edgell |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
- |
22 |
|
F/Sgt Leslie Griffith |
RCAF |
Air Gunner |
- |
24 |
|
F/Sgt John McLea |
RCAF |
Air Gunner |
Hamilton, Ontario |
19 |
Sergeant
James Langton RAFVR was born on the 5th of April
1924 in Dundee Royal Infirmary,Scotland,to James and Mary Ann
Langton of Linlathen, Angus, Scotland. He had two sisters,
Catherine and Isabel. James worked as an engineer before
enlisting and was very popular with the ladies,
with ice skating and dancing as his main hobbies.
Pilot William
Anderson is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, James
Langton and the rest of
the crew are buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
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