Robert Taylor III
Military
back row left to right 1) Buckahanna, 2) Lt. James A Harper ,Liberator 41-24234 3) Taylor , 4) Virgil, 5) S/SGT Alton S Railing , Liberator 41-24234 )
Liberator 41-24234 was know as MR. 5x5 when it went down Troy Hart
Photo from my mother in-law, S/Sgt Alton S Railing was her brother.
Object Number - UPL 19348 - Front left to right 1) Donath, 2) S/Sgt Thomas Appeldurn Liberator 41-24234 , 3) Summers, 4) 2D LT Gordon Marcouiller,...
Graduate of West Point and rose to deputy commander of the 95th BW. On March 1, 1942, Captain Taylor was appointed a Major. In April 1942, Major Taylor became the operations officer of the 44th Bomb Group (Heavy) and in September of that year went with his unit to England. He was promoted to the grade of Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 23, 1942. He commanded the Combat Crew Replacement Center near London from December 1942 until January 1944, when he assumed command of the 487th Bomb Group (Heavy), Lavenham, England. He was promoted to the grade of Colonel October 25, 1943.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Catonsville, Md | 27 March 1905 | |
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Died |
16 March 2003 | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000
