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YOUNG, Joseph

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Joseph Philip
Surname Young
Gender M
Age 26
Decorations
Date of death 23-05-1944
Next of kin Son of Henry and Mary Young, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster II
Serial Number LL723
Markings EQ-H
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 253..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 270
Enlistment information
Service Number J/89253
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 408 (Goose)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Dallyn J B (F/O)
Hanson J R (F/L)
Henderson M (P/O)
Hughes P M (F/O)
Jacobs D S (W/C)
McDougall T R (F/L)
Morgan L E (F/O)
Philpot W G (F/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 22-05-1944
End Date 23-05-1944
Takeoff Station Linton-on-Ouse
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Dortmund. 375 aircraft, 18 Lancasters Lost (4.8%). Most of the bombing fell in the SE districts and mostly in residential areas. 852 houses and 6 buildings were destroyed. 361 were killed, including 22 PoW.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Westrup, ESE of Haltern, Germany