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YOUNG, Hugh

Personal Information
Rank F/L
Forename(s) Hugh Stewart
Surname Young
Gender M
Age 20
Decorations
Date of death 12-08-1941
Next of kin Son of Hugh Morison Young and Sarah Hope Young, of Glasgow.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Bristol Blenheim IV
Serial Number Z7352
Markings MQ-
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Noordwijk General Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot 1. Joint grave 2..
Epitaph THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD. . . WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 270
Enlistment information
Service Number 44820
Service Royal Air Force
Group 2
Squadron 226
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Anderson J A (Sgt)
Rossiter A C (P/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 12-08-1941
End Date 12-08-1941
Takeoff Station Ipswich
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Fighter support - two Blenheims acting as navigational leaders to Fighter Command squadrons
Reason for Loss Shot down by Me109s and crashed in the Westerschelde off Zoutelande