William Carl Young
Military ROLL OF HONOURCrashed near Aachen in B-24 'Flak Magnet' #42-50596.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-764355
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Freeport, IL 61032, USA | 22 July 1923 | |
Buried |
Freeport, IL 61032, USA | 20 June 1949 | Oakland Cemetery Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
4364 TB Buttinge, Netherlands | 18 October 1944 | The body of Sgt. William C. Young, Jr., 22, so of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Young, 1012 North Court street, Rockford, former residents of Freeport, will arrive in Freeport via the Milwaukee railroad Monday, June 20, at 8:25 p.m., and be met by an escort of the Allied Veterans association and taken to the Walker mortuary. Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 23, at 1:30p.m. at the mortuary, Rev. C. F. Landwere, pastor of First English Lutheran church officiating. Burial will be in Oakland cemetery with military rites conducted by the Allied Veterans association. Bearers will be former schoolmates of Freeport high. Sgt. Young was born July 22, 1923, in Freeport. While a student at Freeport high school, where he graduated in 1941, he was prominently identified with athletics as a member of the track, basketball and football squads. Later, during his first year at Beloit college, he was captain of the freshman football team and a member of the basketball team. He reported for induction March 20, 1943, while in college, and received his training at St. Petersburg, Fla., Scott Field, Ill., and Tonopah, Nev., from where he went overseas in July, 1944. Ten days before his death he was awarded the Air Medal. Before entering service he had been employed at the Kraft Cheese company. Sgt. Young was killed in action over Germany Oct. 18, 1944, while serving as a nose gunner on a B-24 bomber. Surviving are his widow Arlyne Young, and a daughter, Susan, residing in New York city; his parents and a brother, Delmar, living at home. (The Journal-Standard, Freeport, IL, Thursday, June 16, 1949, p. 5, Col. 2) |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9654 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database