Robert C Young
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 436FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. Lost control of his P-51D Mustang while attempting to perform a slow roll during an aerobatic display in Norfolk on 22-Apr-45. Killed in flying Accident (KIFA).
Awards: AM (5OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Ellie May
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
In Vicinity of Rackheath, UK | 22 April 1945 | Killed in aerobatic manoeuvre over Rackheath/Sta145 that 'went south' crashed in farm adjacent to base. 22-Apr-45. |
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Buried |
23 April 1945 | Plot D Row 2 Grave 56 | |
| Saginaw County, MI | |||
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Based |
Hardwick | Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Either a pilot or co-pilot of B-24. | |
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Based |
Wattisham | 22 April 1945 | Transferred to 436FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
