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Military service
Service number:
J/19116
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
409 Sqdn.
Birth:
October 14, 1922
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 12, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
March 16, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. G. 8.
Additional information
Son of John Hartley Long and Margaret Long, of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Sergeant Gordon Long, who died on May 27, 1944, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Richard Hartley Long
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Newspaper clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, March 30, 1945 -
Newspaper Clipping
From Toronto Star, March 28, 1945, page 4 -
Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Photo of RICHARD HARTLEY LONG
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
L-R Rick long, Gordon Long. I am named after Gordon -
Newspaper clipping
Pilot graduation. At least 11 would not survive the war -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Hartley Long
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Hartley Long
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Hartley Long
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Hartley Long
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Hartley Long
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Hartley Long
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Hartley Long
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Hartley Long
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Hartley Long
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 535 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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