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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 19691" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Long </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>William Charles Arthur </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1600540 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>17th May 1943 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>19 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery,Netherlands Coll.grave 24.B.5-7 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1924 Bournemouth,Hampshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of William and Ethel Mary Long,Bournemouth,Hampshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Oxford 8.10.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Reserve 9.10.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 ACRC 23.3.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>11 ITW 11.4.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>ACDW 22.5.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>14 ITW 23.5.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 AGS 28.6.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Coningsby 10.8.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>106 Squadron 28.9.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron 29.3.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>air gunner</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lancaster ED865</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Chastise (Sorpe Dam)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>hit by flak and crashed 0200 hours near Gilze Rijen airfield,Holland </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-long.18540/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/18/18540-785723ebeb310b0052e068a54ee7a8ac.jpg?1591400289" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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