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Military service
Service number:
J/22819
Age:
29
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
414 Sqdn.
Death:
September 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. H. 2.
Additional information
Son of Adair and Mae Younge, of Camrose, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
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Photo of John Campbell Young
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Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
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Memorial
This is the John Younge memorial statue, located in the John Younge street in Melle, a small village in Belgium. John died here after his plane crashed. -
Memorial
Street name John Younge, located in the John Younge street in Melle, a small village in Belgium. John died here after his plane crashed. https://www.google.com/maps/place/John+Youngestraat,+9090+Melle/@51.0249714,3.7806558,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c3742d9bdd3f7b:0x70dda726c3416db8!8m2!3d51.0249714!4d3.7828445 -
Memorial
Current pciture of the John Younge memorial fpr John Younge, located in the John Younge street in Melle, a small village in Belgium. John died here after his plane crashed. -
Service Book
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Photo of JOHN CAMPBELL YOUNGE
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Circumstances of death
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Letter
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Photo of JOHN CAMPBELL YOUNGE
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Document
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
I adopted the war grave FO Lt. John Younge at te Canadian war cemetery Adegem Belgium. Living in the neighbourhood of the John Younge street, Melle, Belgium
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 485 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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