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Military service
Service number:
T/89159
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
433 Sqdn.
Birth:
May 31, 1923
Williams Lake, British Columbia
Enlistment:
June 13, 1942
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
August 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 251.
Additional information
Adopted son of Jack and Irene Long, of Chemainus, British Columbia.
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Memorial
Pilot Officer Wendell Lyall Long is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Wendell Lyall Long is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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He was aboard Halifax MZ879 on August 31, 1944 whilst part of a crew to bomb ?le Cézembre, off the coast of Saint-Malo, France. The aircraft fell into the sea and there are no known graves.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wendell Lyall Long
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wendell Lyall Long
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wendell Lyall Long
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wendell Lyall Long
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wendell Lyall Long
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wendell Lyall Long
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wendell Lyall Long
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wendell Lyall Long
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 368 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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