Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 745128, 149 (East India) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Took off from R.A.F. Midlenhall on a night mission to Hanover, flying in a Vickers Wellington, serial number R1024, markings OJ-V, crashed into the sea of Sylt and died 12 August 1941. Aged 23. Born 22 Septeber 1919. Son of Frederick Walter and Evelyn Mary Young, of Worthing, Sussex. In the 1939 Register he was an R.A.F. Sergeant, unmarried, resident with his parents, Frederick W and Evelyn Young, at 21 Broadwater Road, Worthing, Worthing M.B., Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 55.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1942:

YOUNG Charles Frederick of 13 Chapel-road Worthing died 12 August 1941 on war service Probate Lewes 30 September to Frederick Walter Young optician. Effects £1155 19s. 2d.

Extract from Worthing Herald 3 April 1942:

Flight Sergeant 751662, 211 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 1 January 1942. Aged 21. Son of Arthur Edwin and Muriel Young, of Worthing, Sussex. Buried in BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY, Libya. Plot 8. Row A. Grave 12.

Information from Steve Veysey:

In memory of Douglas Arthur Young who died January 1st 1942.

Douglas was the son of Arthur Edwin and Muriel Young, (nee Carter). Born in 1920 he spent his early years in 53 Islwyn Road, Wattsville where he lived with his grandparents Edgar and Maud Carter, attending Bethel Baptist Sunday School. He joined 211 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1938 at Worthing where his parents lived. Douglas served as a Flight Sergeant Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, 751662. Douglas was with 11 Squadron in the Middle East, when on January 1st 1942 he and two other crew were flying in a Blenheim IV, T2666, when they were shot down. Reported as missing during action, Douglas, along with the other two men, was later confirmed as having been killed. On Wednesday January 7th, his family had received a cablegram from him wishing them all the best for Christmas and the New Year. He also said “I am safe and well.” Initially the three were buried in Cyrenaica, East Libya, before being re buried in Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya on July 18th 1944. His headstone is inscribed, “The sweetest of memories, Is all we have left, Of a dearly loved son, One of the best“.