Henry Melvin Young

Who was Henry Melvin Young?

Squadron Leader Henry Melvin "Dinghy" Young, DFC & Bar was a Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Bomber Command pilot.

Young was born in Belgravia, London, to Henry George Melvin Young, a British solicitor, and Fannie Rowan Young. He was educated at Amesbury School in Hindhead, Westminster School class of 1933, Kent School in Kent, Connecticut class of 1932, and Trinity College, Oxford, where he was part of the winning crew of the 1938 Boat Race.

Though going normally by the name Melvin, he acquired the nickname "Dinghy" after coming down in the sea twice and surviving in inflatable dinghies.