Back to results
YOUNG W 591
Honour this person learn more

YOUNG, William

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number LL923
Markings LS-O
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference 19. B. 15..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 270
Enlistment information
Service Number 163591
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 15 (XV)
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 05-01-1945
End Date 05-01-1945
Takeoff Station Mildenhall
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Ludwigshafen- to bomb the railway yards. 160 Lancasters, all from 3 Group, 2 losses (1.3%). The railway yards were hit but so was much of the outlying suburbs. 535 houses and 87 industrial buildings were destroyed or badly damaged. 267 people were killed.
Reason for Loss