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YOUNG, Stanford

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Stanford Grant
Surname Young
Gender M
Age 22
Decorations
Date of death 31-08-1943
Next of kin Son of Stanford Grant Young Sr. and Margaret Young (née McDonald), of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Margaret pre-deceased Standford Jr. (died 1926)
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax V
Serial Number LK894
Markings IP-K
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Belgium
Burial/Memorial Place Heverlee War Cemetery
Grave Reference 4. A. 4..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 270
Enlistment information
Service Number J/18352
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 434 (Bluenose)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Bartlett F A (Sgt)
Box J A (WO2)
Burgess C S (P/O)
Howard M W (F/O)
Kerr L W (P/O)
Leaver F H (P/O)
Patrick L C (F/S)
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-08-1943
End Date 31-08-1943
Takeoff Station Tholthorpe
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Mönchengladbach/ Rheydt. 660 aircraft, 25 losses (3.8%). PFF marked Mönchengladbach first and then after a two minute pause, the neighbouring town of Rheydt. Good visibility and Oboe assistance made for extremely accurate marking and as a result the bombing was concentrated with little creepback. Approximately half of both towns was destroyed with 1059 and 1280 buildings destroyed in the two towns (respectively).
Reason for Loss Believed to have crashed NNE of Maaseik, Belgium