Ralph R. Langley                                                                                           Updated: 06 MAR 2022

Airman: e777431.htm Surname: Langley Init: R R Rank: F/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 139

P_link: p033.htm Plane: BLE T1832 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: North Sea off Texel

Crash_d: d160641 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Kl. 15.21 den 16. juni 1941 lettede BLE T1832 fra RAF Horsham St. Faith på patrulje mod skibe. Flyet blev angrebet af fjendtlige jagere og styrtede i havet.
En eftersøgning blev iværksat, men flyet blev ikke fundet. Styrtet i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p033MACR)

Flying Officer Ralph Reginald Langley var fra Royal Air Force. Hæderstegn: D F C, Distinguished Flying Cross.
Hans navn er på Panel 30 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Han var Pilot på BLE T1832. (Kilde: MACR)

Telegrafist H. Gretton drev i land ved Skallingen Ende (omkring her). Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 18. august 1941.

De 2 øvrige besætningsmedlemmer forsvandt i havet. (Kilde: FAF) Bombeflyet Bristol Blenheim. 3 flyvere.

At 15.21 hrs. on 16 june 1941 BLE T1832 took off from RAF Horsham St. Faith on an Anti-shipping patrol to Beat No. 9.
The plane was attacked by enemy fighters and crashed in the sea. Search sent out but failed to find. Crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source: p033MACR)

Flying Officer Ralph Reginald Langley was from the Royal Air Force. Awards: D F C, the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 196.  
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 30, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

He was the Pilot of BLE T1832. (Source: MACR)

Wireless Operator H. Gretton was washed ashore at Skallingen Ende (about here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 18 August 1941.

The 2 other crew members disappeared into the sea. (Source: FAF)

No. 139 Squadron RAF * Bristol Blenheim

Blenheim IV T1832 XD- took off from RAF Horsham St. Faith at 15:21 on 16 JUN 1941. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  3 airmen.