Date: 8th October 1940.
Unit: No.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 NZ40197 R.N.Z.A.F. Age 22. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took-off from Luton airfield, crashed at Marlow Bucks, exact cause unknown.
Reputedly as a result of enemy action.
264 Squadron Defiants.
Sgt. Robert Bett Mirk Young. and his grave at Northwood.
BURIAL DETAILS:
P/O Harold Ingham Goodall. R.A.F.V.R. 79159. Age 25. Poole Parkstone Cemetery. Sec. V. Grave 87.
Son of John and Harriett Gertrude Goodall, of Parkstone, Birmingham.
Sgt. Robert Bett Mirk Young. R.N.Z.A.F. 40197. Age 22. Northwood Cemetery. Sec. H. Grave 253.
Son of John Carville and Emma Harriet Young of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand.
With thanks to the following: The superb work of the C.W.G.C. "Fighter Command Losses" - Norman Franks.
