William R Taylor

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal crash on training flight in AT-6D 42-84591 17-Sep-44. Died Non Battle (DNB).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

People

David Elder Cruickshank

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 30101919 / O-754477
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

42-84591

  • Aircraft Type: AT-6 Texan/Harvard
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

North Walsham, UK 17 September 1944 Fatal crash on training flight in AT-6D 42-84591 17-Sep-44. Died Non Battle (DNB).

Buried

18 September 1944 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Litchfield, Connecticut

Based

Wittering 17 September 1944 Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=42-84591&Submit4=Go
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294871/william-r-taylor

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Mid air collision in AT-6 42-84591

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Combat Chronology, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list