DAMBUSTERS Long, William Charles Arthur

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Long ​

• FORENAME

William Charles Arthur ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

1600540 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th May 1943 ​

• AGE

19 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery,Netherlands Coll.grave 24.B.5-7 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1924 Bournemouth,Hampshire​

son of William and Ethel Mary Long,Bournemouth,Hampshire​

RAF 1941​

Oxford 8.10.1941​

Reserve 9.10.1941​

1 ACRC 23.3.1942​

11 ITW 11.4.1942​

ACDW 22.5.1942​

14 ITW 23.5.1942​

4 AGS 28.6.1942​

Coningsby 10.8.1942​

106 Squadron 28.9.1942​

617 Squadron 29.3.1943​

air gunner​

Lancaster ED865​

Op.Chastise (Sorpe Dam)​

hit by flak and crashed 0200 hours near Gilze Rijen airfield,Holland ​

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