Benjamin A Taylor
Military ROLL OF HONOURJoined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121S, transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF, transferred to VIII AF Service Command, transferred to 325th FS, 31st TG, IX AF Service Command.
Killed in Action (KIA) C-47A-25-DK #42-93508 crashed on landing at Ramsbury, UK. 22-12-44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 325th Ferry Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-003571
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 325th Ferry Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32445926
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Spokane, WA, USA | 31 May 1918 | Born - 31 May 1918 Spokane, Washington, USA. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 24 September 1942 - 11 November 1942 | Transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8, UK | 22 December 1944 | Piloting C-47A-25-DK #42-93508 when it crashed after striking trees attempting to land in heavy fog at Ramsbury, Station 469, UK. Killed in Action (KIA). |
Salem, OR, USA | |||
Buried |
Belcrest Memorial Park, 1295 Browning Ave S, Salem, OR 97302, USA | Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Oregon, USA. | |
Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | |
Other Service pilot training |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Service pilot training in US. | |
Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
Other Operational training |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires. | |
Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | 24 September 1942 | Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. |
Other Transferred |
Transferred to VIII AF Service Command | ||
Other Transferred |
Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12, UK | Transferred to 325th FS, 31st TG, IX AF Service Command. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Leslie Veit