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CORPORAL
PHILIP J. LANGE born in 1925, the son of Philip J. and Catherine Tryon
Lange. His father was a World War I veteran, and worked as a carpenter
and building contractor to support his family. When the census was taken
in 1930, the Lange family, which included twin brother George and
younger sister Elizabeth, lived at 28 Yale Road in Audubon NJ.
Philip J.
Lange had graduated high school when he enlisted in the United States
Army at Camden NJ on April 12, 1944. He qualified for flight duty and
was training as an aerial gunner aboard B-24J
Liberator #42-50992 when it crashed due to engine fires and/or engine failures, four miles
south of Hardeeville, South Carolina (across the river and across the state
line from Chatham Army Airfield).
Seven other Army airmen also perished: the pilot, Second Lieutenant Francis W Johnson,
Second Lieutenant David F. Bheam, Jr., Second Lieutenant Charles E. Downing, Flight Officer Alfred
Alegria, Corporal William D. Brookey Jr., Corporal Barney B. Purdon, and Corporal William G. Specht.
Philip J. Lange was survived by his parents and siblings.
Corporal
Lange is memorialized on the monument at the American Legion Post in the
center of Audubon. |
