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YOUNG, Gordon

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington X
Serial Number HE501
Markings HD-J
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Seraincourt Churchyard
Grave Reference Coll. grave 4-6..
Epitaph HE IS NOT DEAD WHO RESTS IN WAR'S VAST SEPULCHRE
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 270
Enlistment information
Service Number R/90189
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 466 (Australian)
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 16-04-1943
End Date 17-04-1943
Takeoff Station Leconfield
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Mannheim. 271 aircraft, 18 losses (6.6%). Accurate PFF marking followed by a successful raid. Production stopped at 41 industrial premises. 130 deaths and almost 7000 bombed out.
Reason for Loss Crashed at Seraincourt, NW of Rethel, France