Henry Melvin
"Dinghy"
Son of Henry George Melvin Young and Fannie Rowan Young.
Married (10.08.1942) Priscilla Rawson Young, of Kent, Connecticut, USA.
Pasadena, California, USA
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17.05.1943
(KIA) [age 27]
[Bergen General Cemetery, The Netherlands, 2.D.4]
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P/O |
13.09.1938
[72478] |
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F/O |
13.03.1940 |
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(A) F/Lt. |
? |
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(WS) F/Lt. |
06.04.1941 |
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(T) Sq.Ldr. |
01.06.1942 |
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DFC |
09.05.1941 |
for
flying 28 operations |
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DFC |
18.09.1942 |
for
flying 51 operations |
| 13.09.1938 |
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) |
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| 25.08.1939 |
mobilized |
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| 25.08.1939 |
No. 1
Initial Training Wing RAF |
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| 07.10.1939 |
No. 9
Elementary Flying Training School RAF |
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| 06.04.1940 |
RAF
Abingdon |
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| 10.06.1940 |
102
Squadron RAF (flying Whitley bombers) |
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| 07.02.1941 |
No. 10
Operational Training Unit |
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| 30.04.1941 |
No. 22
Operational Training Unit |
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| 04.09.1941 |
104
Squadron RAF (Middle East; flying Wellington bombers) |
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| 29.06.1942 |
HQ 205
Bomber Group RAF (Middle East) |
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| 15.10.1942 |
special
duties (USA) |
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| 13.03.1943 |
57 Squadron
RAF |
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| 10.04.1943 |
- |
17.05.1943 |
A Flight
Commander, 617
Squadron RAF [took off in his Lancaster III [ED887 AJ-A] at 21.47 hrs at Scampton for Operation Chastise, tasked to bomb the Möhne Dam; dropped its weapon as briefed; set course, as deputy leader, for the Eder Dam before heading for base; shot down by flak while clearing the Dutch coast and crashed 02.58 hrs off Castricum aan Zee] |