Being a relative of H.M. Young I cant believe hes not in the Leaders or Air crew groupings of your website. He basically planned the training of his section and dropped the bomb that probably broke the dam. He then ran interference with Gibson as other dam busters made their runs. He then got shot down over the Dutch coast and lost his life. He was schooled in America and Britain but chose to give his life for his fathers country. I probably should amend the website accordingly.
Ops book records this of him and his crew - since I sold this website, not a lot of updates have been done, and I agree with your statement
AIRCRAFT TYPE & NUMBER: ED. 877G. (A)
CREW: DUTY:
S/Ldr. H.M. YOUNG AS SHOWN ABOVE
Sgt. R. HORSFALL
Sgt. C.W. ROBERTS
Sgt. L. NICHOLS
F/O. V.S. MACAUSLAND
Sgt. A.G. YEO
Sgt. L. IBBOTSON
TIME: UP. DOWN.
2147 -
DETAILS OF SORTIE OR FLIGHT
MOHNE DAM. 1 Mine. Missing.
Was seen to make an accurate attack with his mine and then accompanied W/Cmdr. Gibson to the
Eder Dam, and back to the Mohne, when the attack was finished. He was not heard on R/T. after
this, and is believed to have flown over Hamm on the return journey and been shot down there.
("Dinghy" Young's Lancaster was shot down by flak North of Ijmuiden at 0258 (Castricum aan
Zee) killing all the crew. The crew rest in Bergen general cemetary.
my grandfather's doctor grew up beside the Vincent MacCausland homestead - and many of my family and neighbours were RCAF around this same time.
As you may know, Vincent was the aimer (under Youngs command) who dropped the bomb that broke the dam. Seems there is a lot of confusion arounf AJ-A and their successful hit - don't know why - there's lots of literature out there now. We have to be able to give credit where it s eared - let's wait to see what the new dambuster 2010 movie illustrates. I found a picture of their gravesite - they are burried next to each other.
