Cadet Flight Sergeant
Bryon Vernon Long
Service Number 104
Aged 17
104 (Cambridge) Sqdn. Air Training Corps.
The son of Vernon Worrell Long and Mildred Ethel Rachel Long, of Cambridge.
Memories of Bryon
“Twenty three men from my old school in Cambridge lost their lives as a result of unexpected air accidents. The youngest, Bryon Vernon Long was only 17 years old. He left school in the summer of 1941 having taken his School Certificate. He remained a keen member of the Cambridge Air Training Corps. In May 1942 he was offered the chance of a short training flight in a Wellington bomber based at Newmarket.”
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“I was brought up with a story that on the day Bryon died, my Grandmother had not kissed him farewell. When he died she pined over that fact. As a result I have never been allowed to leave my Mum without kissing her farewell and I always make a point of kissing my own daughter, a family tradition now”.
Greg Long (nephew).