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Military service
Service number:
J/20962
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
434 Sqdn.
Death:
April 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6. A. 10.
Additional information
Born 28 September 1919. Son of Albert and Rachael (née Sharpe) Young, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Brother of Lillian Young Scanlan born 24 January 1916, Flying Officer John Young, born 9 May 1917, Mildred Young Hagar, born 13 July 1918, Leading Air Craftsman Robert Young, born 5 August 1921, Dorothy Young born 4 February 1926 and Douglas Young, born 22 June 1932. Fred A. Norton, cousin of the family stated that some of Flying Officer Young's sisters would not accept the fact he possibly would not be coming home. It was intrepreted to the rest of the family that he missing and may be alive.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Albert Edward Young
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Memorial
Flying Officer Albert Edward Young is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Albert Edward Young is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ALBERT EDWARD YOUNG
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Photo of ALBERT EDWARD YOUNG
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Notification of death
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Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Albert Edward Young
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Albert Edward Young
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Albert Edward Young
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Albert Edward Young
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Albert Edward Young
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Albert Edward Young
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Albert Edward Young
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Albert Edward Young
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Albert Edward Young
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 485 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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