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Military service
Service number:
R/93461
Age:
29
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
426 Sqdn.
Death:
February 14, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 18. G. 4-7.
Additional information
Son of Donald and Nettie Longwell, of Foxboro, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell
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Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell 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 -
Grave marker
(Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands) Wellington aircraft X-3420 was airborne 1806 14 Feb 43 from Dishforth on a mission to Cologne, Germany. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 2100 5 km WSW of Roermond. All were initially taken to Venlo for burial. They have been subsequently re-interred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. The crew were: 426 Sqdn Commander W/C S. S. Blanchard; Sgt K. W. Tutton (P2); P/O P. W. Jeanneret; Sgt A. G. Longwell; F/S J. H. Eveline, and Sgt P. M. Corley, RAF. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Arthur Grant Longwell
Grant, from his sister Jean
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Grant Longwell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 182 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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