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17th October 1942On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Longworth Harold Francis. F/Lt. (d.17th October 1942)
- Longworth Harold Francis Lawrence. P/O (d.17th Oct 1942)
- Lynch Joseph Charles. S/Sgt. (d.17th Oct 1942)
- Walker Ronald. Sgt. (d.17th Oct 1942)
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F/Lt. Harold Francis Longworth. Royal Canadian Air Force, 418 Sqdn.. (d.17th October 1942) Harold Longworth was killed on 17th October 1942 and is buried in grave 2122 in Llanbeblig Public Cmty, Caernarfon.Bill Calver
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P/O Harold Francis Lawrence Longworth. Royal Canadian Air Force, 418 Sqdn.. (d.17th Oct 1942) Can anyone tell me what is/was written on the 'slate plaque' on what is left of wreckage (as of 1984) of Boston III a/c Z2186, 418 Squadron which crashed into Carnedd Dafydd, Wales?
Sgt(P)Mervyn Sims, RCAF, was injured.
F/O(O)Harold F Longworth, RCAF, is buried in Llanbeblig Public Cemetery, Caernarvon Wales.
Sgt(N)Ronald Walker RAFVR, is buried in Letchworth Cemetery.
Bill Calver
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Sgt. Ronald Walker. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 418 Sqdn.. (d.17th Oct 1942) Can anyone tell me what is/was written on the 'slate plaque' on what is left of wreckage (as of 1984) of Boston III a/c Z2186, 418 Squadron which crashed into Carnedd Dafydd, Wales?
Sgt(P)Mervyn Sims, RCAF, was injured.
F/O(O)Harold F Longworth, RCAF, is buried in Llanbeblig Public Cemetery, Caernarvon Wales.
Sgt(N)Ronald Walker RAFVR, is buried in Letchworth Cemetery.
Bill Calver
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S/Sgt. Joseph Charles Lynch. USAAF, 338th Bomb Squadron. (d.17th Oct 1942) I never knew my Uncle Joe Lynch as I was three and a half years old when he died. He was my mother’s youngest brother, and I know his death affected her greatly, especially since her husband Merwyn had died in an accident just a few short months before. I don't remember his funeral or burial but I remember being told the story that upon hearing of his death my Uncle Bill McIntosh on his way back from buying a gallon of beer, dropped the beer on the sidewalk.
A local newspaper, the Altoona Mirror, reported the following about his death in October 1942:
“Staff Sgt. Joseph Charles Lynch, 23, of Cresson, Pennsylvania was among 11 aviators who lost their lives in the crash of a four-engined bomber in New Mexico. The plane had departed from its base in Rapid City, South Dakota and was on a routine flight.
Born in Amsbry, Pennsylvania on 9 August 1919, S/Sgt. Lynch was a graduate of Cresson High School (class of 1938) and later enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Camp at Hiner, Clearfield County. Later, he was employed in Altoona, Pennsylvania by the Hoffman Ice Cream Co. He was inducted into the Army in October, 1941. Five days after reporting to the New Cumberland Induction Center, he was granted a release that allowed him to enlist in the Army Air Corps. He subsequently graduated from a training course at Kessler Field, Mississippi, and on 31st of June 1942, he graduated as a flexible gunner from Tyndall Field, Florida. He was transferred to the air base at Rapid City just three weeks before the crash. He had been assigned to the 338th Bomb Squadron as a crew member of the "Nippon Miss", a B-17E Flying Fortress bomber. The crash occurred in the early morning hours. It was reportedly very windy and foggy that morning, and the plane was off course. They unknowingly flew into the side of a mountain.” Gary C. Shank
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