Harry Neville YOUNG

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YOUNG, Harry Neville

Service Number:	402629
Enlisted:	16 September 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 455 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 24 May 1920
Home Town:	Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 2 April 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

16 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 402629, Royal Australian Air Force
16 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402629, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF)
2 Apr 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF)

Hampden Bomber P5325

Handley-Page Hampden medium bomber P5325

On 3 Apr 1942 a Hampden bomber from 455 Sqn (UB-B) RAAF on a gardening mission to the Quileron Bay area off the coast of France went missing. Aircraft last heard from at 23.38hrs,
Position, 48.53N 05.57W but did not return to base. Post war enquiries found no trace of the missing aircraft or crew. The crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Pilot; Plt Off John Edward Malony 402376 RAAF
Nav/Bomb Aimer; Sgt Calder Fenton Woodburn 400301 RAAF
WOp/AG; Fg Off Harry Neville Young 402629 RAAF
WOp/AG: Sgt Horace Edward Rowely 402611 RAAF

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