Lt. Ernest R. Young was killed in the crash of an Army bomber at Champaign, IL, while flying home to be his sister's best man. Six others were killed. The Army reported that the plane had crashed in a thunderstorm.
Lt. Young was graduated from Worcester Trade School before he enlisted in the Army in October, 1942. He attended the Army radio school at Scott Field, IL, a gunnery school in Pheonix, AZ, Idaho State College and the Air Corps Cadet School at Santa Anna, CA. He served six months in Korea and early this month was commissioned a second lieutenant.
He was married only six days before his death to Lee Fahey of Seattle, WA. His father, Richard, is a veteran of World War I. Besides his parents and wife he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Rita Chapin, Miss Leona E and Miss Shirley T Young, all of East Brookfield. He is buried with his parents, in te same cemetery as his Young grandparents and great grandparents.
Lt. Young was graduated from Worcester Trade School before he enlisted in the Army in October, 1942. He attended the Army radio school at Scott Field, IL, a gunnery school in Pheonix, AZ, Idaho State College and the Air Corps Cadet School at Santa Anna, CA. He served six months in Korea and early this month was commissioned a second lieutenant.
He was married only six days before his death to Lee Fahey of Seattle, WA. His father, Richard, is a veteran of World War I. Besides his parents and wife he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Rita Chapin, Miss Leona E and Miss Shirley T Young, all of East Brookfield. He is buried with his parents, in te same cemetery as his Young grandparents and great grandparents.
Lt. Ernest R. Young was killed in the crash of an Army bomber at Champaign, IL, while flying home to be his sister's best man. Six others were killed. The Army reported that the plane had crashed in a thunderstorm.
Lt. Young was graduated from Worcester Trade School before he enlisted in the Army in October, 1942. He attended the Army radio school at Scott Field, IL, a gunnery school in Pheonix, AZ, Idaho State College and the Air Corps Cadet School at Santa Anna, CA. He served six months in Korea and early this month was commissioned a second lieutenant.
He was married only six days before his death to Lee Fahey of Seattle, WA. His father, Richard, is a veteran of World War I. Besides his parents and wife he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Rita Chapin, Miss Leona E and Miss Shirley T Young, all of East Brookfield. He is buried with his parents, in te same cemetery as his Young grandparents and great grandparents.
Lt. Young was graduated from Worcester Trade School before he enlisted in the Army in October, 1942. He attended the Army radio school at Scott Field, IL, a gunnery school in Pheonix, AZ, Idaho State College and the Air Corps Cadet School at Santa Anna, CA. He served six months in Korea and early this month was commissioned a second lieutenant.
He was married only six days before his death to Lee Fahey of Seattle, WA. His father, Richard, is a veteran of World War I. Besides his parents and wife he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Rita Chapin, Miss Leona E and Miss Shirley T Young, all of East Brookfield. He is buried with his parents, in te same cemetery as his Young grandparents and great grandparents.
