Name:
Robert M. Lange
Rank:
Captain
Serial Number:
O-724322
Unit:
492nd Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group
Date of Death:
1945-08-19
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines
Plot:
Walls of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
Robert M. Lange was born in 1921 in New York. He was the navigator on B-24J #42-78685, assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 492nd Bombardment Squadron. They were flying a cargo of fuel from Tezpur India over the Himalayas to Kunming China when they disappeared. Because his body was not recovered, he is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
CPT Lange was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov