Robert L Taylor
Military
L-R: S/Sgt Edwards, Swanson, Capt Griffin, 1Lt Effinger, Lt Taylor.
L-R: T/Sgt Eason, S/Sgt Henderson, T/Sgt Schwartz, S/Sgt Wiegand, S/Sgt Plummer.
Object Number - UPL 31586 - Captain Griffin and lead crew on bombing mission to Villa Coublay, France, beside Boeing B-17, "Flying Fortress" "Lady Luck". 303rd Bomb Group....
13-Jun-42 Assigned as Bombardier of B-17F 42-5434 [PU-J] "Lady Luck" 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. The date of his arrival at Molesworth, UK nor the aircraft on which he arrived there could not be determined from 303BG records. His first comat mission was as Bombardier of B-17F 24-5723, 303BG/360BS on 26-Feb-43 but mechanical failures of the aircraft forced the pilot to abort the sortie.
B17 42-29606 crashed near Hamburg 25 July 1943, 303BG/360thBS
Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
POW
Connections
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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
![Private First Class Monroe Klein and his colleagues of the 303rd Bomb Group play a game of cards by the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29606) nicknamed "Butch (Toots)". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 21 Apr 1943. [stamp] and ‘259803.’ [Censor no.] Printed Caption on reverse: ''Round the clock with a G.I. PFC Monroe Klein is a private in the United States Army Air Force. Known to all and sundry as a G.I. (General Issue](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-381028.jpg.webp?itok=Q9xv0Gih)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Toots : Butch
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bobs Boudoir : Lady Luck
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 March 1943
- Date: 22 March 1943
- Date: 8 March 1943
- Date: 4 March 1943
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 13 June 1942 | Assigned as Bombardier of B-17F 42-5432 "Lady Luck", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
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Other Mission #1, 2LT Robert L. Taylor, w/B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 26 February 1943 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the naval facilities and U-Boat pens at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2, 2LT Robert L. Taylor, w/B-17F 42-5262, 303BG/360BS |
Rotterdam, Netherlands | 4 March 1943 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 42-5262, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rotterdam, Holland. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #3, 2LT Robert L. Taylor, w/B-17F 42-5723, 303BG/360BS |
Rennes, France | 8 March 1943 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 42-5262, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rennes, France, RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #4, 2LT Robert L. Taylor, w/B-17F 42-5434, 303BG/360BS |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 22 March 1943 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 42-5434 "Lady Luck, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the naval facilities at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #5, 2LT Robert L. Taylor, w/B-17F 42-5434, 303BG/360BS |
Rotterdam, Netherlands | 31 March 1943 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 42-5434 "Lady Luck, 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the shipyards at Rotterndam, Holland. RTB OK. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 25 July 1943 |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Made connections to Aircraft 42-5434 and Missions of 8-Mar-43, 22-Mar-43 and 31-Mar-43 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reports of dates stated: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 31-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/027.pd
Lee Cunningham 9-Mar-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/025.pd
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 8-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/021.pd
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 4-Mar-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/019.pd
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 26-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/017.pd
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-43. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Loyd D. Griffin crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/360griffin.html
Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-43. Added initial assignment info to Summary Biography; Made connections to Place, Aircraft (through 12-Mar-43) and Missions (Through 12-Mar-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Loyd D. Griffin crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/360griffin.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 91 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database