Raymond H Taylor

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-48732.jpeg UPL 48732 T/SGT Raymond H. Taylor
445th Bomb Group
700th Bomb Squadron
DOB: 13 Mar 1923 // KIA 24 Mar 1945

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Object Number - UPL 48732 - T/SGT Raymond H. Taylor 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron DOB: 13 Mar 1923 // KIA 24 Mar 1945

Killed in Action (KIA) on 24 March 1945 in B-24 #42-50620



DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Clusters/ PH



Technical Sergeant Raymond H. Taylor was born March 13, 1923. His next of kin were his parents, Guy and Alma Taylor. He was from Roseville, California.



On March 24, 1945, he was serving as Top Turret Gunner aboard “Ten Gun Dottie,” B-24 tail #42-50620 of the 445th Bomb Group, 700th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Wesel, Germany.



He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at Margraten, Holland.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-50620

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Roseville, California 13 March 1923 Technical Sergeant Raymond H. Taylor was born March 13, 1923. His next of kin were his parents, Guy and Alma Taylor. He was from Roseville, California.

Enlisted

Sacramento, California 12 June 1942

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Wesel, Germany 24 March 1945 On March 24, 1945, he was serving as Top Turret Gunner aboard “Ten Gun Dottie,” B-24 tail #42-50620 of the 445th Bomb Group, 700th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Wesel, Germany.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56304494/raymond-hugh-taylor

Revisions

Date
ContributorRRC
Changes
Sources

MACR 13545 // findagrave.com

Date
ContributorWW2 Researcher Bill Beigel
Changes
Sources

IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Birsic, ABMC, MACR 13545, 2AD Honor Roll / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13545 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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