Richmond C Young
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1st Lieutenant Richmond C. Young, cropped from 1944 Pedagogue yearbook of his college, the New York State Teachers College
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Richmond C Young was a B-17 bomber pilot with the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group (Heavy) stationed in Lavenham, England during World War II, and completed 34 successful bombing missions over Europe. He was shot down once and crash landed in Poland, evaded capture, and was returned to England to continue flying. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross, among others, during his military service.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: USAAF heritage site
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit Roster / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/young_crew_ardmore.shtml