Langlois, Robert Ezra

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Langlois, Robert Ezra ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / Captain
Serial Number	O-662805 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group Headquarters Detachment, per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #362 dated 28 December 1942, effective 28 December 1942. Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th bomb Squadron Morning Report, effective 8 February 1943.
Duty	Operations Officer / Commanding Officer
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	27 April 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Additional Information	Promoted to First Lieutenant effective 5 April 1943 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 13 April 1943. Ordered to London for one day for Official Business on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #159 dated 3 December 1943. Added as an officer of the Court-Martial (by amending para 13 of SO #110 dated 4 October 1943) on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #168 dated 15 December 1943. This order was revoked per Station Special Order #41 dated 1 March 1944. Appointed as a member of a Special Court Martial Board to meet at this Station upon call of the President for the trial of such persons as may be properly brought before it per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #41 dated 1 March 1944. Captain Langlois' name was revoked from Special Order #41 per AAF Station 106 Special Order #60 dated 29 March 1944. Detailed as Acting Commanding Officer of the 545th Bomb Squadron in the absence of Major Raymond P. Ketelsen per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #66 dated 7 April 1944. Update from Richard Langois: 'Captain Robert E. Langlois, Operations Officer 545th Bombardment Squadron. On April 8th, Major Ketelsen was placed on Detached Service with the 40th Combat Wing at Thurleigh and my dad was appointed Acting Squadron Commander. When he was shot down (during his 19th mission) on 27 April 1944 over Oberpfaffenhofen Germany, Major Parks was assigned from Headquarters Detachment to the command of the 545th. He is mentioned in George V. Strong Jr's Squadron History dated 1 February 1946 as one of the leaders of the 545th from Dec 28, 1942 thru February 28, 1946.'
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 4348⇓ (9.171 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 17 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
4⇗	28 June 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France	Tail Gunner	42‑5843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing Lead. Sortie Report⇗
33⇗	20 October 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑5404⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Commander	42‑29809⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. Sortie Report⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Group. Sortie Report⇗
61⇗	8 February 1944	Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Commander	42‑3259⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑38112⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗
72⇗	6 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	42‑97477⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing. Sortie Report⇗
73⇗	8 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
74⇗	9 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Pilot	42‑37974⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1017 hrs because he was pulling excessive power settings, losing airspeed, stalled out at 115 MPH, and was unable to maintain position in formation. Sortie Report⇗
79⇗	22 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑97477⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
80⇗	23 March 1944	Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany	Pilot	42‑37758⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
81⇗	24 March 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Pilot	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Pilot	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗
84⇗	28 March 1944	Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France	Pilot	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
85⇗	29 March 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Pilot	42‑97477⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
92⇗	20 April 1944	Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France	Commander	42‑97477⇗	Combat Mission Credit B Wing, High Group lead. Sortie Report⇗
94⇗	24 April 1944	Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Commander	42‑97477⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return High composite group lead. Left formation immediately after target and instructed deputy Laboda to take over lead; set course for Switzerland; 4 chutes; e/a, cr Maulbronn (25 miles NW of Stuttgart), Germany. MACR 4348 Sortie Report⇗

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