Lyle Augustine Taylor

Military

Object Number - UPL 80098 - Sgt Lyle A. Taylor

Assigned to 737BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Based at Cerignola, Italy. Aubrey Edwards crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Graz, Austria in B-24 42-52225 'Moo Juice'.

Passed out attending to Sgt Buffalino, the wounded tail gunner. Baled out with singed chute, which happily worked OK. Prisoner of War (POW)

 

Awards: AM (OLC), POW, PH, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-78458) of the 454th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force.

454th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Aubrey LeClare Edwards

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 737th Bomb Squadron 454th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 15097164 / O-735764
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Star Dust

42-52193

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bubble Trouble, Star Dust, Star Dust II
  • Unit: 454th Bomb Group 737th Bomb Squadron
Hot Rocks / Moo Juice

42-52225

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hot Rocks / Moo Juice
  • Unit: 454th Bomb Group 737th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

14 January 1921 BornSouth Bend, St Joseph, Indiana

Enlisted

13 June 1942 EnlistedTraverse City, Michigan

Other

Training

1 January 1943 - 1 January 1944 Trained at:  - Lincoln AFB, Nebraska  - Westover Field, Springfield, Massachusetts - Tindall AFB, Panama City, Florida - Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona

Other

Discharged

3 May 1945

Died

4 June 2003 DiedCarr, Michigan

Buried

7 June 2003 InterredBrookside CemeteryScottville, Michigan

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https://www.fold3.com/record/89521308/lyle-a-taylor-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

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Lyle Taylor

Object number: UPL 80098 - Sgt Lyle A. Taylor