444th Bomb Squadron
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1LT Douglas Newton Taylor, unrecorded date and place, most likely Algeria or Tunisia in 1943 - Doug flew 20 Combat missions 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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People
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Francis Gabreski
Military | Colonel | Fighter Pilot
Francis S Gabreski (born Franciszek Gabryszewski) was the son of Polish immigrants to the US. He enlisted with the United States Army Air Corps in July 1940, was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Air Reserve in March 1941 and was posted to... -
Douglas Taylor
Military | Major | Pilot
Douglas Newton Taylor was born in New Haven, CT on 19 February 1915. His mother passed away when Doug and his brother Howard were young. Their father, Albert, was an engineer working in the Central Americas, so Doug and Howard lived with their aunt in...
Aircraft
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41-17792 Nana
B-26 Marauder
On 8 July, 1943 'Nan' 41-17792 of the 444th Bomb Squadron was part of an attack on the Gerbini Airdrome No. 11 in Sicily. The aircraft crashed on takeoff from the airfield at Massicault, Tunisia. The pilot was Robert C. Burns, the copilot was Douglas...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 13 September 2020 16:05:32 | Vaughn | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations and aircraft associations |
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Taylor Family Collection |
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