Lyle Arthur Taggart
Military
Object Number - UPL 28146 - 2nd Lt Lyle Arthur Taggart co-pilot of B-26 41-31888 'War Eagle' 450BS, 322BG, 9AF.
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne mission. Hit by flak below cockpit, fell out of formation into unrecoverable spin and exploded on impact with ground on highway adjacent to target at Zülpich, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). 23-Feb-45. MACR 12642.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379976.jpg.webp?itok=h9RDoVED)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39681872 / O-759356
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746774
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: War Eagle
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Blue Earth County, MN, USA | 5 August 1922 | Son of Arthur J Honetschlager and Grace M Adams. Grace remarried after divorcing Arthur. Charles L Taggart became his step dad, whose surname he took. |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA, USA | 19 February 1943 | |
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Died |
Zülpich, Germany | 23 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne mission. Hit by flak below cockpit, fell out of formation into unrecoverable spin and exploded on impact with ground on highway adjacent to target at Zülpich, Germany. KIA. 23-Feb-45. MACR 12642. |
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Buried |
Zülpich, Germany | 24 February 1945 | Interred Zülpich cemetery |
| San Mateo County, CA, USA | |||
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Based |
Andrews Field | 23 February 1945 | Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Margraten American Cemetery Netherlands Plot L, Row 7, Grave 8 |
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