Jesse Ray Taylor

Military
Donald Lank and Jesse Taylor UPL 80640 UPL 80640 S/Sgt Donald J. Lank (L) and S/Sgt Jesse R. Taylor (R)

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Jesse Taylor ID'd by Don Lank's son.

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Object Number - UPL 80640 - S/Sgt Donald J. Lank (L) and S/Sgt Jesse R. Taylor (R)

Hit by flak on a mission to Brunswick, Germany on 23 Mar 1944, B-17G 42-38120 crashed SE of Borken, Germany after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38120

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag IX-C

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 9C

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Bad Sulza, Germany 23 March 1943 Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11

Born

Walhalla, South Carolina

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag 9C per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3543, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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Donald Lank and Jesse Taylor

Object number: UPL 80640 - S/Sgt Donald J. Lank (L) and S/Sgt Jesse R. Taylor...