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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 19644" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Young </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Henry Melvin (Dinghy) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Squadron Leader </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>72478 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>17th May 1943 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>27 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bergen General Cemetery,Netherlands Plot 2 Row D Grave 4 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1916 Pasadena,California,U.S.A.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Henry George Melvin Young (1875-1963)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Fannie Forrester (nee Rowan) Young (1883-1955)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Priscilla Rawson Young,Kent,Connecticut,U.S.A.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Oxford University (M.A.)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAFVR 25.8.1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Pilot Officer</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 ITW 25.8.1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>9 FTC 7.10.1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flying Officer 13.3.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF Abingdon 6.4.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>102 Squadron 10.6.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award DFC (9.5.1941)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>10 OTU 7.2.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>22 OTU 30.4.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flight Lt 6.8.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>104 Squadron 4.9.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award bar DFC (18.9.1942)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Squadron Leader 1.6.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HQ 205 Group 29.6.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Special Duties 15.10.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>57 Squadron 13.3.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron 10.4.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>A Flight commander</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>pilot</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lancaster ED887</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>shot down by flak 0258 hours off Castricum aan Zee,Holland </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-young.35324/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35324-fbe67109ffbf54391bfd98bc4b305684.jpg?1617895208" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-young.35321/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35321-ee271abe11babcc6b149994508e9b973.jpg?1617895200" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-young.35322/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35322-060dfc7ee2ba0e898a94f457f8187f3b.jpg?1617895204" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-young.35323/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35323-d4f07e13194251047db726d87bcad32a.jpg?1617895206" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-young.35325/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35325-78a5a634bf31df7e6136c32094fbdecf.jpg?1617895211" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-young.8230/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8230-1465c9ae357a7da52a017b906e8bfcf4.jpg?1591389226" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-young-grave.35320/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35320-f8f6cbdd549c4488267f08a80c516b52.jpg?1617894896" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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