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Langton, Robert Thomas

Date of birth:
1914 (Hull/East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
October 28th, 1944 (off Walcheren, the Netherlands)
Mentioned on:
Air Forces Memorial Runnymede
Service number:
564737 / 45973
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

10 June 1941: Pilot Officer on Prob.
1st April 1942: Flying Officer on prob. (war subs.)
1 April 1943: Flight Lieutenant (WS)
10 February 1943: Temp. Squadron Leader
7 December 1943: Squadron Leader (WS)
?: Acting Wing Commander

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Awarded on:
September 13th, 1940
Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Wing Commander
Awarded on:
June 8th, 1944
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Squadron Leader
Unit:
No. 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1945

Posthumously awarded
Air Force Cross (AFC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Squadron Leader
Unit:
No. 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1945

Posthumously awarded
Mentioned in Dispatches

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