John W Taylor
Military10/14/43 on takeoff for Schweinfurt in B-17 #42-30193 'Hard Luck', no. 3 engine caught fire during take off with 10 bombs aboard. Lt. Swift retracted landing gear to avoid trees. Crew escaped before A/C caught fire and exploded.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hard Luck
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "Swift" was misspelled.
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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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388th BG Newsletter Spring 2001, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 342 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia