Orvin Verle Taylor

Military
media-44093.jpeg UPL 44093 A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 19 November 1943.

L-R: Wendell J Shepard, Clement C Budelman, Howard W "Cotton" Lawson, Benjamin H St John, Orvin Verle Taylor, Warren John Prosperi .

Object Number - UPL 44093 - A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 19 November 1943. L-R: Wendell J...

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Hoverkamp crew. 20 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt 29-Jan-44; shot down; crashed Chenogne, near Sibret, 7km SW of Bastogne, Belgium. Evaded with Capt Douglas Hoverkamp and 1Lt Frank Paisano. Evaded (EVD) MACR 2873



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12056916 / O-794411
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18068079 / O-739111
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

Major Walter Fulkerson, also known as "Duffy", watches ground crewman Sergeant Anton Kofman paint the nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31040) nicknamed "Duffy's Tavern" that has been named after Fulkerson. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Jan 1944.' [stamp] and '300535.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'CHRISTENING OF "DUFFY'S TAVERN". "Duffy" is the nickname of one of the most widely known and beloved air officers in the ETO. He
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Duffy's Tavern
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Elkart, KS 11 January 1921 Son of Ray and Lillian Himes.

Enlisted

4 August 1942

Other

Evaded

Switzerland 29 January 1944 Evaded from Belgium to Switzerland. Interned.

Other

Baled out EVD

Chenogne, Belgium 29 January 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt 29-Jan-44; Baled out and evaded.

Other

Discharged USAAF

22 October 1945 Honouable discharge.

Died

Hutchinson, KS 22 March 2004

Buried

Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno County, KS 25 March 2004 Hutchinson Eastside Cemetery Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas

Based

Kimbolton 29 January 1944 Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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