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J.R.C. Young  to  N. Young
Young,
John Reginald Cass
J.R.C. Young
19.07.1915
Greenwich district, Greater London / Kent / London
-
20.02.2007
Cumnor, Oxfordshire
(A) P/O (prob)
09.08.1937 [70766]
P/O (prob)
31.05.1938
P/O
21.06.1938
F/O
30.11.1939
(WS) F/Lt.
30.05.1941
(T) Sq.Ldr.
01.06.1942
(WS) Sq.Ldr.
15.10.1944 (reld 18.03.1953; retaining rank of F/Lt.)
W/Cdr.
?
Air Force Cross AFC
01.01.1942
?
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1943
?
Mention in Despatches MID
15.07.1944
?
Education: Dartmouth Naval College (became ill and had to leave)
09.08.1937


first commission, Reserve of Air Force Officers - Class A (General Duties Branch)
13.07.1939
-
15.10.1939
Instructor & Adjutant, 41 Squadron RAF
1939
-
1940
603 Squadron RAF
16.05.1940
-

249 Squadron RAF
11.1940
-
03.1941
308 Squadron RAF (Baginton)
03.1941
-
04.1941
317 Squadron RAF
04.1941
-

406 Squadron RAF



Commanding Officer, 289 Squadron RAF



Station Commander, RAF Kirknewton
05.1942
-
11.1942
96 Squadron RAF
11.1942
-
06.1943
HQ Fighter Command (to teach flight operations to fighter squadron flight commanders)
06.1943
-
1943
29 Squadron RAF (Mosquito training)
1943
-
1943
264 Squadron RAF
late 1943
-
03.1944
108 Squadron RAF (Egypt)
03.1944
-
1944
Commanding Officer, 153 Squadron (Algeria) (temporary)
15.07.1944
-

Commanding Officer, 108 Squadron RAF & Officer Commanding, Mediterranean Night-Fighting Force
05.07.1951

18.03.1953
Class CC - RAFO
Young,
Norman
N. Young
?
-
Sq.Ldr.
01.02.1937
       


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