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Son of Captain Richard Wilson Langford and Olive Mary (nee Stevens) Langford, of Victoria, British Columbia. Brother of Richard Dennis and Diana Mary.
He was one of six Canadian airmen shot after being recaptured during an escape from Stalag Luft 3.
1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45, Mentioned in despatches.
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Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Memorial Stone - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Memorial Garden - The plaque under the cross reads "Erected by the Prisoners of War of the allied air forces in honoured memory of their comrades who died at Stalag Luft 3 during the war AD 1939-1945 Per Ardua ad Astra" ... Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Near the exit of Tunnel Harry - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Entrance to Harry - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
The Canadians - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Memorial - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Flight crew Picture. On the night of 28-29 July 1942 he took off in a Wellington Mark ic bomber (R1450) from RAF Upper Heyford to bomb the German shipbuilding and port of Hamburg flying as Instructor with a student crew. The bomber was shot down over Lubeck, Germany and crashed killing 3 of the crew, the pilot was taken prisoner unhurt but Langford and rear gunner were taken prisoner seriously injured. He had baled out with his parachute on fire and was badly burned and hospitalized for 2 months by the Germans during which time he was promoted to full flight lieutenant before being sent on October 1 1942 to Stalag Luft III Zagan, Poland.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Pilot P. Langford. Prisoner No. 710 Stalag Luft III involved in "The Great Escape" Murdered by the Gestapo March 31 1944
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Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Lincoln Memorial in England, International Bomber Command Centre ~ Patrick Wilson Langford
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Banquet commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Great Escape and "The Fifty" at Zagan Palace, Poland March 24 2014. Individual paintings of prisoners done with Klum milk on blotting paper.
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Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
In Memory of Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Service Number: C/1631
Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of Richard Wilson Langford & Olive Mary Langford of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Remembered with Honour
Death 31 Mar 1944, Age 24 years
Burial Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery
Poznan, Poland Plot 7.C.7.
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Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Captain Frank Lowe's recount of the events the night of July 28-29 1942, Pilot Patrick Langford was second Pilot.
Shot Down In Flames! 3 survivors of a total crew of 6. Patrick Langford survived the crash. He was taken as a prisoner of war after being released from a German hospital and was one of the fifty who were shot on Hitler's orders after "The Great Escape" from Stalag Luft 3.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Langford -2e Pilot Langford picture located in London, England with William White's family. William White "Chalky" was a RAF pal and the rear gunner on their Wellington that was shot down on an operation to Hamburg on the night of July 28-29 1942. Patrick Langford, Frank Lowe and William White were the only 3 to survive the the crash and were taken POWs.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Banquet commemorating the 70th anniversary of the The Great Escape and "The Fifty" at Zagan Palace, Poland March 24, 2014
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Langford was one of the 50 escapers executed and murdered by the Gestapo. March 1944
The Great Escape Stalag Luft 3
In Memory of The Fifty Officers who gave their lives.
Per Ardua Ad Astra ~ "through adversity to the stars"
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Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
Patrick Langford in 1941 (Dennis Langford ~ brother)
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Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
The 6 Canadians who were apart of The Fifty murdered by the Gestapo that gave their lives so that we all can enjoy the freedoms we have today.
Henry Birkland ~ Spear Hill, Manitoba
Gordon Kidder ~ St. Catharines, Ontario
Patrick Langford ~ Edmonton, Alberta
George McGill ~ Toronto, Ontario
James Wernham ~ Ontario
George Wiley ~ Windsor, Ontario
Lest we Forget!
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Memorial Stone - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Memorial Garden - The plaque under the cross reads "Erected by the Prisoners of War of the allied air forces in honoured memory of their comrades who died at Stalag Luft 3 during the war AD 1939-1945 Per Ardua ad Astra" ... Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Near the exit of Tunnel Harry - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Entrance to Harry - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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The Canadians - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Memorial - Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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Flight crew Picture. On the night of 28-29 July 1942 he took off in a Wellington Mark ic bomber (R1450) from RAF Upper Heyford to bomb the German shipbuilding and port of Hamburg flying as Instructor with a student crew. The bomber was shot down over Lubeck, Germany and crashed killing 3 of the crew, the pilot was taken prisoner unhurt but Langford and rear gunner were taken prisoner seriously injured. He had baled out with his parachute on fire and was badly burned and hospitalized for 2 months by the Germans during which time he was promoted to full flight lieutenant before being sent on October 1 1942 to Stalag Luft III Zagan, Poland.
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Pilot P. Langford. Prisoner No. 710 Stalag Luft III involved in "The Great Escape" Murdered by the Gestapo March 31 1944
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Lincoln Memorial in England, International Bomber Command Centre ~ Patrick Wilson Langford
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Banquet commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Great Escape and "The Fifty" at Zagan Palace, Poland March 24 2014. Individual paintings of prisoners done with Klum milk on blotting paper.
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In Memory of Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson Langford Service Number: C/1631 Royal Canadian Air Force Son of Richard Wilson Langford & Olive Mary Langford of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Remembered with Honour Death 31 Mar 1944, Age 24 years Burial Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Poznan, Poland Plot 7.C.7.
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Captain Frank Lowe's recount of the events the night of July 28-29 1942, Pilot Patrick Langford was second Pilot. Shot Down In Flames! 3 survivors of a total crew of 6. Patrick Langford survived the crash. He was taken as a prisoner of war after being released from a German hospital and was one of the fifty who were shot on Hitler's orders after "The Great Escape" from Stalag Luft 3.
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Flight Lieutenant Patrick Langford -2e Pilot Langford picture located in London, England with William White's family. William White "Chalky" was a RAF pal and the rear gunner on their Wellington that was shot down on an operation to Hamburg on the night of July 28-29 1942. Patrick Langford, Frank Lowe and William White were the only 3 to survive the the crash and were taken POWs.
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Banquet commemorating the 70th anniversary of the The Great Escape and "The Fifty" at Zagan Palace, Poland March 24, 2014
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Langford was one of the 50 escapers executed and murdered by the Gestapo. March 1944 The Great Escape Stalag Luft 3 In Memory of The Fifty Officers who gave their lives. Per Ardua Ad Astra ~ "through adversity to the stars"
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Patrick Langford in 1941 (Dennis Langford ~ brother)
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The 6 Canadians who were apart of The Fifty murdered by the Gestapo that gave their lives so that we all can enjoy the freedoms we have today. Henry Birkland ~ Spear Hill, Manitoba Gordon Kidder ~ St. Catharines, Ontario Patrick Langford ~ Edmonton, Alberta George McGill ~ Toronto, Ontario James Wernham ~ Ontario George Wiley ~ Windsor, Ontario Lest we Forget!
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From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 358 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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