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2nd Air Division Association Journal — Winter 1987
Periodical · 2nd Air Division Association · Vol. 26, No. 4 · 1987 · Second Air Division Journal
Personal File · AirmanPassed 23 May 1987
John L. Long.
Co-Pilot · 409th Squadron · Of Middletown, OH.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Co-Pilot
Hometown
Middletown, OH
Missions flown.
11 catalogued · 15 Apr 1945 — 05 Jan 1945
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 781
05 Jan 1945
Target unrecorded
42-94814
→
№ 789
10 Jan 1945
Target unrecorded
42-51241
→
№ 817
03 Feb 1945
Magdeburg/Rothensee
O/I
XX-XX354
→
№ 821
06 Feb 1945
Magdeburg
M/Y
“Patches”
→
№ 824
09 Feb 1945
Target unrecorded
“Patches”
→
№ 835
19 Feb 1945
Target unrecorded
XX-XX354
→
№ 839
21 Feb 1945
Target unrecorded
“Johnnie Reb”
→
№ 841
22 Feb 1945
Target unrecorded
“Latrine Rumor, The”
→
№ 877
10 Mar 1945
Target unrecorded
“Latrine Rumor, The”
→
№ 911
24 Mar 1945
American Assault Area
??
XX-XX857
→
№ 951
15 Apr 1945
Target unrecorded
“Missouri Sue”
→
Before and after.
§ The Civilian Years
After the War
Retired from the USAF in 1970 after last assignment at RAF Mildenhall, England. After retiring he flew B-727s with Airlift International as a captain.
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Sources.
§ Provenance
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record