Homer William Taylor
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20540594 at enlistment, then O-748706
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 4 March 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Born |
Buchanan, MI 49107, USA | ||
Other Returned (RTD) |
1 December 1943 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added S/N from Escape & Evasion report 677 at 384th BG website.
See: https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/EandE_Reports/EE-677.pdf
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- MACR 2739;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=6696;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
MACR 1334 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database