Richard Hughes Long
Person details
| Forename(s) | Richard Hughes |
|---|---|
| Surname | Long |
| Rank | Flying Officer |
| Regiment | RAFVR |
| Age | 21 |
| Death | Killed in action |
| Place of Death | Western Europe > France > Normandy |
| Date of Death | 06/06/1944 |
| Year of Entry | 1936 |
| House Letter | H |
| School Notes | Science Sixth Form |
| Comments |
Killed with the second lift of 6th Airborne Division on D-Day, towing gliders. Five burials in the same churchyard; presumably rest of crew. War record of 297 Squadron http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/297_wwII.html http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/297squadron.cfm |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 297 Squadron |
| Prefect | - |
| Military Decorations | - |
| Album Number | 22 |
| Battle | Normandy Landings |
| Previous Regiment | - |
| Burial or Cemetery | France > Bieville-sur-Orne, Normandy |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Vickers Armstrong (aircraft engineering) |
| Prep School | Brambletye |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | November 19 1944. Killed in air operations over Normandy in June 1944, Richard Hughes Long, Flg. Off. R.A.F.V.R. (Smale's, H, 1935-40). As a small boy, Richard Long was of an excitable nature, with a stammer, but always cheerful and full of enthusiasm for any enterprise which interested him. Although not particularly good at games, he enjoyed himself and was a staunch supporter of his Social. He reached the Science VIth, and then left to spend a year in the workshops of Vickers Armstrong. From there he went up to Cambridge in September 1941, on an R.A.F. Short Course. He did his flying training in Canada, and on his return to this country was posted as a pilot in a glider tug. Just before his death, he visited us, and it was pleasing to find that his stammer had disappeared, and that he had developed into a confident and happy personality. His friends will learn with deep sorrow of his death so soon after his starting operations. |
| Service Number | 150300 |
| Place of Birth |
