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SSGT Lysle Wayne Young

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SSGT Lysle Wayne Young

Birth
Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, USA
Death
31 Aug 1943 (aged 21)
Eastbourne, Eastbourne Borough, East Sussex, England
Burial
Yreka, Siskiyou County, California, USA Add to Map
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Southwest Blk 39 lot 2 sp 6
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Staff Sergeant, 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, World War II.

Radio Operator aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #41-24523, nicknamed "Snook."

Collided mid-air with B-17 #42-29816 over the shallows of the English Channel and crashed, 19 kilometers east of Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. All ten aboard were killed:

1st Lt. Richard C Rodman, Pilot
Flt. Off. Stanley L Czerwinski, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Regis W TeMaat, Navigator
2nd Lt. Saul W Berson, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Leo E Kane, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. John W Braisted, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph A Trotz, Waist Gunner
Sgt. James P Murren Jr, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Emanuel S Vaccaro, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Lysle W. Young, Radio Operator
Staff Sergeant, 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, World War II.

Radio Operator aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #41-24523, nicknamed "Snook."

Collided mid-air with B-17 #42-29816 over the shallows of the English Channel and crashed, 19 kilometers east of Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. All ten aboard were killed:

1st Lt. Richard C Rodman, Pilot
Flt. Off. Stanley L Czerwinski, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Regis W TeMaat, Navigator
2nd Lt. Saul W Berson, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Leo E Kane, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. John W Braisted, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph A Trotz, Waist Gunner
Sgt. James P Murren Jr, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Emanuel S Vaccaro, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Lysle W. Young, Radio Operator

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SSGT, 323 AAF BOMB SQ, 91 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

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