Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (British Air Force)
Date Of Birth:
29/11/1918
Died:
09/03/1943 (Died by accident)
Age:
24
Summary
John Porter Langlands was the son of John Baxter and Winifred Langlands. He was born in Dungannon on 29th November 1918. Sergeant John Porter Langlands served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in World War Two. On 9th March 1943, Sergeant John Porter Langlands was navigator on Beaufighter aircraft (Serial No EL359) when it stalled and crashed on approach, three miles east of Brampton Aerodrome.
Drumcoo Cemetery is in Dungannon next to the Coalisland Road roundabout. There are three Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war. There are also three casualties of the 1939-1945 war. There is a also a memorial to George Knox McKinley.
