1942 June Quarter death registration-
Name: YOUNG, James H----Age: 19
District: N.Cotswold [Volume & Page: 6a & 785]
21 OTU's Vickers Wellington (#N2800) aircraft was on an operational sortie when it developed engine failure. The engine caught fire, causing the Wellington to crash near Aston Magna and taking the lives of four of its aircrew and seriously injuring the fifth airman.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant James Henry YOUNG,
RAFVR Sergeant Alan Copland THOMSON and
RAFVR Sergeant Theodore DUTTON.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service No: 1354828
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 21 Operational Training Unit (OTU), RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire.
Son of Sidney and Frances Young of Winton, Bournemouth, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
1942 June Quarter death registration-
Name: YOUNG, James H----Age: 19
District: N.Cotswold [Volume & Page: 6a & 785]
21 OTU's Vickers Wellington (#N2800) aircraft was on an operational sortie when it developed engine failure. The engine caught fire, causing the Wellington to crash near Aston Magna and taking the lives of four of its aircrew and seriously injuring the fifth airman.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant James Henry YOUNG,
RAFVR Sergeant Alan Copland THOMSON and
RAFVR Sergeant Theodore DUTTON.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service No: 1354828
Age: 19
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 21 Operational Training Unit (OTU), RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire.
Son of Sidney and Frances Young of Winton, Bournemouth, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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(Epitaph...)
WE MISS HIS SMILING FACE
NO ONE ELSE
CAN TAKE HIS PLACE
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