Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of WILLIAM ALONZO YOUNGS – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of WILLIAM ALONZO YOUNGS – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Id card – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – News Clipping The Toronto Star, March 12, 1945, page 30 The following information on the crew is found on www.lostbomers.co.uk: F/Sgt. Youngs served on 431 Squadron in Halifax LW572 which was airborne 1523 on July 18, 1944 from their base at Croft to attack railway yards at Vaires. The aircraft crashed 6 km SE of l'Isle-Adam. The pilot, P/O F. A. Longstaff, survived and was taken Prisoner of War. F/S Youngs and the other crew members killed are now buried in Boran-sur-Oise Communal Cemetery. They are: Sgt Ralph S. Cole, age 22, from Montreal, P.Q. F /O John W. K. Dunn, age 35, from Victoria, B.C. Sgt Gordon Jackson, age 28, from Toronto, Ont. P/O Douglas A. Cooper, age 25, from Toronto, Ont. and RAF Sgt Joseph E. Williams.

Grave marker

Memorial – Flight Sergeant William Alonzo Youngs is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant William Alonzo Youngs 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