REASON FOR LOSS:
Took-off from Luton airfield, crashed at Marlow, Bucks, exact cause unknown. Reputedly as a result of enemy action.
Page Researched & constructed by David King.
Mission: Patrol
Date: 8th October 1940 (Tuesday)
Unit: 264 Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Defiant I.
Serial: N1627.
Coded: PS-
Location: Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
Pilot: P/O Harold Ingham Goodall 79159 R.A.F.V.R. Age 25. Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Robert Bett Mirk Young 40197 R.N.Z.A.F. Age 22. Killed
Sgt. Robert Bett Mirk Young. (David King)
Robert's grave at Northwood.
Robert's grave at Northwood.
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