Harry William Taylor

Military
media-19037.jpeg UPL 19037 Crew #552 - Harry Taylor Crew
466th BG - 785th BS

Standing Left to Right: Lauren Sanborn (B), Gordon Cuneo (N), Arden Mills (CP), Harry Taylor (P)

Sitting Left to Right: Vernal Dupas (BTG), Harry Siders (NG), Byron Wertz (FE/WG), Al Wilson (TTG), Jerome Kryewinski (TG), William Eastman (R/O)
The dog was named "Turbo" 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 19037 - Crew #552 - Harry Taylor Crew 466th BG - 785th BS Standing Left to Right: Lauren Sanborn (B), Gordon Cuneo (N), Arden Mills (CP), Harry Taylor...

Harry Taylor was a Pilot in the 466th Bomb Group/785th Bomb Squadron. A veteran of many missions, he was seriously injured when he was forced to crash land his battle-damaged B-24H #42-95248 "The Falcon" at Shipdham on return from the 8 January 1945 mission to bomb communications centers in Germany. Taylor suffered a serious head laceration and a broken arm. He was killed in February 1958 when his car skidded on Route 48 near Five Points, on the Montgomery and Miami Counties boundary line, and hit a bridge abutment.

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Gordon Cyrus Cuneo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39123260 at enlistment, then O-xxxxxx ?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William Eastman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

W W Flack

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Jerome Krzewinski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Arden Dean Mills

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15131490 at enlistment, then O-xxxxxx ?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-51198

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95248) nicknamed "The Falcon" of the 466th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24H-25-10. The Falcon, 42-95248 466 BG 2U-U.'

42-95248

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Falcon
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40454) nicknamed "Betta Duck" lands at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Betta Duck, landing Mount Farm.'

44-40454

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Betta Duck
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron 7th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

787

  • Date: 8 January 1945

688

  • Date: 25 October 1944

683

  • Date: 19 October 1944

681

  • Date: 17 October 1944

667

  • Date: 6 October 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dayton, Ohio, USA 4 September 1921

Enlisted

Dayton, OH 9 October 1942 Patterson AAF

Other

Crashed/Wounded In Action

Shipdham, England 8 January 1945 in the forced landing of B-24H #42-95248 "The Falcon" at Shipdham, England

Died

15 February 1958 died in an automobile accident near Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio, USA

Buried

Dayton, Ohio, USA Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery

Revisions

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466th BG Archives - Report on Mission No 151 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany 25 October 1944

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466th BG Formation Plan for 19 Oct 1944 - NARA

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Added Officer S/N per information from "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963" at Ancestry.com.

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Added locations to several events using info in the event comment sections.

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Added a connection to the 8th AF.

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
US Census 1930 for Montgomery County, Ohio
Death notice in the “Daily Reporter” (Dayton, Ohio), 17 February 1958

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 351

Harry William Taylor: Gallery (3 items)

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