James Larue Taylor

Military

Joined RAFVR, assigned to 121S, whilst on mission for Operation Jubilee his Spitfire Mk Vb AD569 had a mid air collision with another Spitfire. Killed in Action (KIA) 19-8-42.

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Units served with

Aircraft

AD569

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Dieppe, France 19 August 1942 His Spitfire Mk Vb AD569 had a mid air collision with another Spitfire. 19-8-42. Killed in Action (KIA).

Born

Columbia, TN, USA Born Son of James L and Abbie Mae Taylor, of Columbia, Tennessee, USA.

Buried

Étaples, France Étaples Military Cemetery.

Other

Joined RAFVR

Canada Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Other

Assigned

Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK 19 August 1942 Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.

Revisions

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EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3654
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2279211/TAYLOR,%20JAMES%20La…

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3654
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2279211/TAYLOR,%20JAMES%20La…

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

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