UPL 45116

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1st Lieutenant Douglas Newton Taylor, presumably at the 320th Bomb Groups' operational base in Tafaraoui, Algeria. The date on assumed to be on or about March 1943. He flew 20 Combat missions with the 444th Bomb Squadron until he suffered a back injury in a crash landing on 8 July 1943. He remained with the Group and was pilot of the Group’s courier aircraft until 1945. At the end of the war, Doug landed near Barth, West Pomerania, Germany to transport freed POWs from Stalag Luft I. One of the former prisoners was Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski of the 56th Fighter Group.

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Units

B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-107783) nicknamed "Thumper II" of the 320th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force in flight.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Lieutenant colonel Francis S. Gabreski of the 56th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt Handwritten on slide:"Gabreski K2170 Reversed Boxted 1944"
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-406131
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 320th Bomb Group 444th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: AO 791739
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Nana
  • Unit: 320th Bomb Group 444th Bomb Squadron

Locations

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Oran Tafraoui Airport

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Taylor Family Documents and Photographs

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Taylor Family collection

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Taylor Family Collection

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Taylor Family Collection

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Taylor Family Connection

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The documents and photographs are from the Taylor family collection