William Henry Langley, Jr.

William Henry Langley, Jr. Of Sweetwater Oaks, Ocala, Florida
William Henry Langley was born July 6, 1917, in Baltimore, Maryland, at
home. Father, William Henry Langley, Sr., Mother, Anne Mary Elizabeth
(Starker) Langley. Mr. Langley is survived by his wife Dolores (Clark)
Langley of 35 years, daughter Dolores French, Stepchildren, Ronald
Schulze, Timothy Strickland, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren
also survive him.
Mr. Langley was predeceased by Charlotte, his wife of 39 years and by sister
Myrle (Langley) Simmons. Having lived in Glen Burnie, MD, Port
Charlotte, Fl and Ocala, Fl, Bill has SPECIAL friends that survive him.
Other close friends are too numerous to mention. Most of his friends in his
age group are deceased.
Bill worked for 20 years for Wisekittle designing and making REAL HOST
GAS STOVES. The company was then sold to METAL MASTERS where
Bill continued his engineering skills designing and making stainless steel
restaurant equipment. He retired at the age of 60 due to Metal Master
moving out of Maryland to relocate in Delaware.
Bill was drafted in December 1942 and sent to Atlantic City, NJ, for basic
training. Due to the cold weather in January, many suffered from frostbite to
their ears. After basic training Bill was sent to Camp Crowder, MO, for
sixteen weeks to be trained as a radio operator in the Radio Signal Corp.,
U.S. ARMY AIR CORP. Next stop was Reno, NV, and then on to
Sacramento, CA, Air Base. In 1944 he was then sent to Africa, Italy and on
to Bombay India. From Bombay, Bill traveled by train to an Air Base 60
miles north of Calcutta, India. This is where Bill permanently injured his
knee when diving into a bomb shelter during a Japanese bomb raid. Serving
as a radio operator, Bill flew over the “HUMP” to China, where they
refueled and made the first B29 Super Fortress raid over Tokyo, Japan on
June 18, 1944. On one of these missions, the plane was on fire and they
were going to bail out over the China Sea. They were able to extinguish the
fire and continue back to the base. From India, the next stop was Australia
and then on to Okinawa. Bill returned home in January 1946. NOTE: Bill
had been all around the world and has never missed his shave per day and
has never drunk coffee. WOW! THANK YOU BILL!