Blučina - monument to Albert B. Young

On January 21, 1945, 170 B-17 bombers, accompanied by 130 fighters, raided the Vienna fuel refineries. Unspecified damage to a Mustang P-51C from the 100th Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group occurred over Vienna. However, his pilot 2/Lt Albert Louis Young still flew with him to the area above the village of Blučin, where he tried to jump with a parachute. However, as he was unfortunately too low above the ground, the parachute…