William Douglas Taylor
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Teicheira Family Files
Object Number - UPL 42735 - Eagle Squadrons Memorial - Grosvenor Square London, England
Joined RAF, assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. Whilst piloting Spitfire BM305, hit by ground fire on Rhubarb mission and abandoned 20 miles off Blankenberg 31-8-42. Killed in action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
- Air Force: Royal Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
20 miles off Blankenberg, Belgium | 31 August 1942 | Whilst piloting Spitfire BM305, hit by ground fire on Rhubarb mission and abandoned 20 miles off Blankenberg 31-8-42. Killed in action. |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. | |
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Buried |
Runnymede Memorial, Egham, UK | Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom. Panel 72 |
Revisions
Added an association to the RAF, the parent group of the 71 'Eagle' Squadron.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3727
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1808570/TAYLOR,%20WILLIAM%20D...
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Taylor&GSfn=Willia...
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.;
- Combat Chronology;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
Spitfire Production List.
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=52582
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3727
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1808570/TAYLOR,%20WILLIAM%20…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Taylor&GSfn=Willi…;
Spitfire Production List.
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=52582
