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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 16, 2018 12:10:17 GMT 12
Is the RNZAF nightfighter Mossie ace F/Lt Roy Emile Le Long DFC* alive or dead?
He's not on the New Zealand death register,and there does not seem to be a date of death for him on other online sources like the Auckland War Memorial Museum's Cenotaph Database, etc.
He may well have died overseas, which would explain why he's not on the NZ death register. But can anyone confirm?
If he is still alive he'd be 100 years old, so it is possible he may be still around I guess.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 16, 2018 12:11:10 GMT 12
I would love to chat with him if he's still around, as well as flying Mossies in WWII he flew North American Sabres in the Korean War, with the RAF attached to the USAF.
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Post by errolmartyn on Aug 16, 2018 13:34:06 GMT 12
As discussed in an earlier thread here in 2013:
According to Ancestry.com his death was registered in South East Hampshire during the third quarter of 1977.
Errol
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 16, 2018 13:42:43 GMT 12
Oh right, thanks.
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Post by ingridp on Nov 5, 2022 6:33:39 GMT 12
Is the RNZAF nightfighter Mossie ace F/Lt Roy Emile Le Long DFC* alive or dead? He's not on the New Zealand death register,and there does not seem to be a date of death for him on other online sources like the Auckland War Memorial Museum's Cenotaph Database, etc. He may well have died overseas, which would explain why he's not on the NZ death register. But can anyone confirm? If he is still alive he'd be 100 years old, so it is possible he may be still around I guess. |
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Post by ingridp on Nov 5, 2022 6:39:56 GMT 12
I went to school with Roy Emile LeLong’s daughter Gillian in the 1960s/ early 1970s. Roy married a wonderful Canadian woman called Audrey Mary, known as Mary, and had a son Noel and Gill.
They settled in Warwickshire England. I am still in touch with Gill. She or Noel may have more information. Roy sadly died in the UK while we were still at school many decades ago. Please let me know if you want me to put you in touch with Gill or Noel.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 5, 2022 21:42:28 GMT 12
Hi Ingrid, thanks for your message. Now that we know Roy is long since deceased, I guess there is not much to ask. But it would be interesting to know if Noel or Gill have any photos from his RNZAF service, or if they have his flying logbook.
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Post by ingridparry on Nov 7, 2022 0:46:56 GMT 12
Hi Ingrid, thanks for your message. Now that we know Roy is long since deceased, I guess there is not much to ask. But it would be interesting to know if Noel or Gill have any photos from his RNZAF service, or if they have his flying logbook. |
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Post by ingridparry on Nov 7, 2022 0:50:11 GMT 12
I will pass on details of this site to Gill and Noel who I am hopeful will have some more on their remarkable father
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 7, 2022 6:21:05 GMT 12
Thanks very much Ingrid.
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