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Military service
Service number:
J/88753
Age:
29
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
412 Sqdn.
Death:
August 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 439 C.
Additional information
Son of James Lewis Young and Annie Elizabeth Young, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
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Newspaper Clipping
The Toronto Star, February 16, 1945, page 1 [P/O Young was a pilot in 412 (Spitfire) Squadron. In October 1943, 412 Squadron joined No. 126 Wing of the 2nd TAF (Tactical Air Force) at Biggin Hill, where in November Spitfire Mk IXb's were received. Thereafter it was involved in operations over France leading up to the Normandy invasion in June 1944. Moving to French soil within days of the landings, air superiority patrols followed until the breakout in August. (RCAF.com)] -
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RCAF report on massacre Aug. 25, 1944, by American airman, 2nd Lieut. Geo. M. Mikels, who escaped and got back to England. -
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RCAF crash circumstances report -
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RCAF report on massacre Aug. 25, 1944, by American airman, 2nd Lieut. Geo. M. Mikels, who escaped and got back to England. -
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GRIFFIN YOUNG DEAD -
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GRIFFIN YOUNG SLAIN PRISON CAMP -
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From the Toronto Telegram December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Pilot Officer Griffin James Young
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Pilot Officer Griffin James Young
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Griffin James Young
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Griffin James Young
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Griffin James Young
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Griffin James Young
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Griffin James Young
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Griffin James Young
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Pilot Officer Griffin James Young
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 485 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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