Harry William Taylor
Military
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Lauren Sanborn (B), Gordon Cuneo (N), Arden Mills (CP), Harry Taylor (P)
Sitting Left to Right: Vernal Dupas (BTG), Harry Siders (NG), Byron Wertz (FE/WG), Al Wilson (TTG), Jerome Kryewinski (TG), William Eastman (R/O)
The dog was named "Turbo" 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 19037 - Crew #552 - Harry Taylor Crew 466th BG - 785th BS Standing Left to Right: Lauren Sanborn (B), Gordon Cuneo (N), Arden Mills (CP), Harry Taylor...
Harry Taylor was a Pilot in the 466th Bomb Group/785th Bomb Squadron. A veteran of many missions, he was seriously injured when he was forced to crash land his battle-damaged B-24H #42-95248 "The Falcon" at Shipdham on return from the 8 January 1945 mission to bomb communications centers in Germany. Taylor suffered a serious head laceration and a broken arm. He was killed in February 1958 when his car skidded on Route 48 near Five Points, on the Montgomery and Miami Counties boundary line, and hit a bridge abutment.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11128194 at enlistment, then O-xxxxxx ?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33671957
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Dayton, Ohio, USA | 4 September 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Dayton, OH | 9 October 1942 | Patterson AAF |
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Other Crashed/Wounded In Action |
Shipdham, England | 8 January 1945 | in the forced landing of B-24H #42-95248 "The Falcon" at Shipdham, England |
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Died |
15 February 1958 | died in an automobile accident near Dayton, Ohio | |
| Dayton, Ohio, USA | |||
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Buried |
Dayton, Ohio, USA | Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery |
Revisions
466th BG Archives - Report on Mission No 151 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany 25 October 1944
Added Officer S/N per information from "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963" at Ancestry.com.
Added locations to several events using info in the event comment sections.
NARA WWII Enlistment records
US Census 1930 for Montgomery County, Ohio
Death notice in the “Daily Reporter” (Dayton, Ohio), 17 February 1958
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 351