Long, Robert Michael (Warrant Officer 2)

Killed in Action 1943-March-29

Warrant Officer 2 Robert Michael Long RCAF

Birth Date: 1912

Born:

Son of Joe Claude Arnold and Violet Grey Long, of Williams Lake, British Columbia.

Home: Williams Lake, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

280 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
To See and Be Seen

Base

RAF Bircham Newton

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Warrant Officer 2

Service Numbers

R/106952

Home

Williams Lake, British Columbia

Final Burial

St Illogan Church
Row 2 Grave 14

279 Squadron (To See and Be Seen) Hudson III aircraft AE 519 OS-S crashed into the sea at St Ives Bay, Cornwall. 280 Sqn (We Will Be There) members Warrant Officer Class 2 RM Long (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 HR Bacon (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 EP Povey (RCAF), FS LV Fletcher (RCAF) were killed. 279 Sqn member Flying Officer EG Gibbs (RAF) died as a result of injuries the following day. 279 Sqn and 280 Sqn were Air-Sea Rescue (ASR) squadrons and both based at RAF Bircham Newton at the time of this event, which would account for the mixed squadron crew. 279 Sqn flew Lockheed Hudson aircraft and 280 Sqn flew Avro Anson aircraft in 1943

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Hudson AE519

Flight Sergeant Harry Robert Bacon RCAF

Flight Sergeant Bacon, Harry Robert (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-March-29
St Illogan Church, Illogan, Redruth, UK

Flight Sergeant Lindsay Vaughan Fletcher RCAF

Flight Sergeant Fletcher, Lindsay Vaughan (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-March-29
St Illogan Church, Illogan, Redruth, UK

Warrant Officer 2 Robert Michael Long RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Long, Robert Michael (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Action
1943-March-29
St Illogan Church, Illogan, Redruth, UK

Warrant Officer 2 Edwin Pearce Povey RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Povey, Edwin Pearce (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-March-29
St Illogan Church, Illogan, Redruth, UK

Hudson serial: AE519

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons. National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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