JOHNSON Langdon E Jr - 100 FS 332 FG

 

Langdon Elmer JOHNSON Jr

 

JOHNSON Langdon E

Source : Daniel Kelley 

NUMBER OF SERVICEO-804554 
AGE26 yo
DATE OF BIRTH

18 March 1918

Keystone, McDowell county, WEST VIRGINIA 

ENLISTMENT STATEKanawha county, WEST VIRGINIA 
FAMILY

Parents : Langdon E Sr. & Nellie M

Brothers : Aaron R & George R 

RANK
First Lieutenant First_lieutenant
FONCTIONFighter pilot 
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT IL
DATE of ENLISTEMENT16 October1940 
 SQUADRON100th Fighter Squadron  
 GROUP332nd Fighter Group 
ARMY15th Air Force 
DATE OF DEATH12 August 1944 

JOHNSON Langdon E

Source : Andy

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHMediterranean sea, south of Marseille
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN

P-51 "Mustang" type C-10-NT s/n 42-103918

P51

Macr 7469

Mission : Bomber escort for a radar station attack in Carqueiranne
Take-off: Ramitelli, ITALY
Crash: hit by flak as the squadron was heading back.

Hits the surface of the water and eventually crashes into the sea.

 
CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
 Wall of the Missing
DECORATION

 Air Medal & 2 oak leaf custers

Purple Heart

European African Middle Eastern Campaing Medal

World War II Victory Medal 

Brevet Pilot

 

am + 2 olc

Photo FDLM

EAMECampaign

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 
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STORY

JOHNSON Langdon E

Source : Daniel Kelley

 		 

JOHNSON Langdon E

Source : Daniel Kelley

 Visit by his nephew George N'Nadmi from Detroit MI on 5 April 2017. It was a first for a family member.

JOHNSON Langdon E

Source : Andy

Lt. Langdon E. Johnson collected an aerial victory six months after arriving in Europe.

Johnson of Rand, W.Va., graduated from flight training on May 28, 1943, at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama. In December, he deployed to Italy with the 100th Fighter Squadron, part of the 332nd Fighter Group. The 100th Fighter Squadron flew its first combat mission on Feb. 5, 1944.

On July 20, 20 enemy planes attacked the B-24 bombers being escorted by the 332nd Fighter Group to Friedrichshafen, Germany. Capt. Joseph D. Elsberry, Capt. Armour G. McDaniel, Capt. Edward L. Toppins and 1st Lt. Johnson responded: Each pilot shot down one enemy plane.

A few weeks later, however, an escort mission would end in tragedy.

After escorting bombers to Toulon, France, to destroy radar stations on Aug. 12, the 332nd Fighter Group began to anti-aircraft fire. P-51 Mustangs flown by Johnson and 2nd Lt. Joseph E. Gordon were shot down.

"Lt. Johnson was on my right at this time and I was being fired upon by at least 40mm on my left," Capt. Woodrow W. Crockett wrote in a military report. "Lt. Johnson crossed over to my left and straightened on parallel to my plane and at this time his plane hit the water, ripping off the entire right wing, after which the remainder of the plane crashed into the sea. His ship seemed to have been hit by flak before crashing."
Johnson's name is included on the Tablets of the Missing at the Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial in France. According to a government database, he was awarded an Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters and a Purple Heart for his military service.

by Erica Smith

JOHNSON Langdon E

Source : Victor Daniel

JOHNSON Langdon E

Source : Victor Daniel

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