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Alton H Taylor

Military

media-56973.jpeg UPL 56973 1st Lt Alton H. Taylor , 490BG.

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Object Number - UPL 56973 - 1st Lt Alton H. Taylor , 490BG.

Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Moy crew. Flew 27 x missions.

Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number ) nicknamed "Lotta Stern". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture taken February 1945. Crew of "Gotham" C-Charlie. 851st Squadron, 490th Bomb Group 8th AF. 1st row kneeling left to right: Robert Showalter, ball turret gunner, Norman Borgman, tail gunner, Milton Sanford, radio operator, Gordon Handrell, flight engineer, Russell March, waist gunner. 2nd row standing, left to right: Chas Molloy, navigator, John Smith, co-pilot

851st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

David Joseph Garlick

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36786760
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Kenneth W Harrell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33627527
Highest Rank: Corporal
Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic-Gunner

Thomas Ronald Howitt

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33747207
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner / Mechanic

Roy Cecilio Moeller

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18090574
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

John James Moy

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12179073 / O-828488
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Brome

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Emporia, Va	22 May 1923	Son of James and Amelia Taylor.
Enlisted	Albany, NY	8 December 1942	Albany, New York
Died	Fairfield, OH	16 August 2010
Buried	Rose Hill Burial Park Hamilton, Butler County, OH	20 August 2010	Rose Hill Burial Park Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
Based	Eye		Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.
	Schenectady County, NY		Schenectady County, New York

Revisions

Date27 Apr 2022 13:22:14

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/83635751/alton-h-taylor-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.fold3.com/record/282962605/alton-h-taylor-social-security-d…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57481763/alton-h-taylor

Date23 Jun 2019 15:38:36

ContributorRayWells

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Changes to connections

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:33

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Son

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