William Carl Young

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crashed near Aachen in B-24 'Flak Magnet' #42-50596.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.
  • 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Freeport, IL 61032, USA 22 July 1923

Buried

Freeport, IL 61032, USA 20 June 1949 Oakland Cemetery Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA

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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