It is believed that William Wedgwood Benn DSO DFC father of Labour politician Tony Benn was the oldest man to fly operationally, he was born in 1877.
Possibly the youngest member of aircrew to be killed serving with an operational bomber squadron is Flight Sergeant Edward James Wright Royal Canadian Air Force who was killed aboard an Avro Lancaster of No. 428 Squadron RCAF on 30 April 1945 apparently aged 16 [REF].