DeLangton was the son of Dorothy Helyn "Dot" (Schetzer) Schenk and Ernest A. Ruttledge. He died as the result of an airplane accident. He was the co-pilot aboard a Navy Privateer bomber that experienced engine trouble causing it to spin out of control and crash into Laguna Madre Bay, 400 yards east of the Corpus Christ Naval Air Station. . All 10 crew members aboard the plane died in the accident.
Details of the accident were found on page one of the Corpus Christi Caller on March 22, 1952
Details of the accident were found on page one of the Corpus Christi Caller on March 22, 1952
DeLangton was the son of Dorothy Helyn "Dot" (Schetzer) Schenk and Ernest A. Ruttledge. He died as the result of an airplane accident. He was the co-pilot aboard a Navy Privateer bomber that experienced engine trouble causing it to spin out of control and crash into Laguna Madre Bay, 400 yards east of the Corpus Christ Naval Air Station. . All 10 crew members aboard the plane died in the accident.
Details of the accident were found on page one of the Corpus Christi Caller on March 22, 1952
Details of the accident were found on page one of the Corpus Christi Caller on March 22, 1952
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DeLANGTON
ERNEST
RUTTLEDGE
CALIFORNIA
LIEUTENANT
USNR
WORLD WAR II
FEBRUARY 1 1925
MARCH 21 1952
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