DAMBUSTERS Young, Henry Melvin (Dinghy)

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Young
  • FORENAME
Henry Melvin (Dinghy)
  • UNIT
617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R.
  • RANK
Squadron Leader
  • NUMBER
72478
  • DATE OF DEATH
17th May 1943
  • AGE
27
  • GRAVESITE
Bergen General Cemetery,Netherlands Plot 2 Row D Grave 4
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 1916 Pasadena,California,U.S.A.
father Henry George Melvin Young (1875-1963)
mother Fannie Forrester (nee Rowan) Young (1883-1955)
husband of Priscilla Rawson Young,Kent,Connecticut,U.S.A.
graduated Oxford University (M.A.)
RAFVR 25.8.1939
Pilot Officer
1 ITW 25.8.1939
9 FTC 7.10.1939
Flying Officer 13.3.1940
RAF Abingdon 6.4.1940
102 Squadron 10.6.1940
award DFC (9.5.1941)
10 OTU 7.2.1941
22 OTU 30.4.1941
Flight Lt 6.8.1941
104 Squadron 4.9.1941
award bar DFC (18.9.1942)
Squadron Leader 1.6.1942
HQ 205 Group 29.6.1942
Special Duties 15.10.1942
57 Squadron 13.3.1943
617 Squadron 10.4.1943
A Flight commander
pilot
Lancaster ED887
Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)
shot down by flak 0258 hours off Castricum aan Zee,Holland
 
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