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Personal info

Full name
LONG, Grover Mitchell
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
T-002599
Rank
Flight Officer
Function
Navigator
Unit
753rd Bombardment Squadron,
458th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 October 1944
Place of death
Deutsch Evren, near Lüneburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 18 19

Immediate family

Members
Loel E. Long (father)
Ruth E. Long (mother)
M. Lorenz Long (brother)
Evalyn (Ferguson) Long (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-100431
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Bomb-Ah-Dear
Destination: Harburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 10166

More information

Grover Long graduated from Chaffey High School and was attending Chaffey College when he enlisted on 17 April 1943.

The airplane was hit by flak, went into a spin and broke up.

F/O Grover M. Long was first buried at the cemetery of Deutsch Evern.

Source of information: www.458bg.com, www.newspapers.com - The San Bernardino County Sum, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Chaffey High School Yearbook 1942, Mrs. Katherine Pratt, The Pomona Progress Bulletin - 18 December 1944