Taylor, Harold Fulford

Killed in Action 1942-05-06

Birth Date: 1918-June-22

Born:

Son of George Victor Milne Taylor and Alice Laura Taylor, of Harold, Ontario.

Home: Harold, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn, Torbay, Newfoundland

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/71922

Home
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First Burial
Google MapGander Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland
11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, RCAF Station, Torbay, Newfoundland. Hudson aircraft 761 crashed and burned shortly after take-off from Torbay. Crewmen FSs Taylor, W.F. Colville and passengers F/Ls J.H. LeBlanc, R.I. Ehrlichman, Sergeant M.H. Brothers, LACs N.C. Fleischman, S.E. Crymes and Cpl. C.F. Else also killed. FS Taylor had previously been in two aircraft accidents, the first on October 3, 1941 when a 11 BR Squadron Hudson caught fire and blew up on take-off at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and the second on January 27, 1942 when a 11 BR Squadron Hudson ran out of fuel, returning from a patrol, and made a forced landing near Botwood, Newfoundland.

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This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Hudson I Serial: 761

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

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Hudson 761

Sergeant Brothers, Monty Holt (RCAF)

Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flight Sergeant Colville, William Freeborne (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Crymes, Smith Edward (RCAF)
armourer
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Ehrlichman, Rudolph Irwin (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Corporal Else, Charles Frederick (RCAF)
air frame mechanic
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Fleischman, Norman Clifford (RCAF)

Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Le Blanc, Joseph Hyacinthe Ulysses (RCAF)
administration
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Flight Sergeant Taylor, Harold Fulford (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-May-06
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Lockheed Hudson A-28 A-29 AT-18

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.
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The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons.National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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11 (BR) Sqn ()

Hudson 761

Hudson I 761

Diverted from RAF order, tested and delivered marked with RAF serial N7346. Operated by No. 11 (BR) Squadron, from 15 September 1939. To Eastern Air Command with this unit on 1 April 1940. Flew this squadron's first war time mission, naval cooperation and height finding with HMS Repulse and Furious, 10 November 1939. Aircraft had been on detachment to Torbay, Newfoundland, and was returning to Dartmouth for scheduled maintenance when it crashed at 17:42 on 6 May 1942. Developed engine trouble on lift off, struck the ground wing low and cart wheeled. Caught fire immediately. 8 fatalities, including pilot Flight Lieutenant H.J. Leblanc and people returning to Dartmouth on leave. First fatal crash at RCAF Station Torbay, and the largest.

1939-09-15 Taken on Strength RCAF Station 2019-08-20
1942-May-06 Accident: 11 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Torday Newfoundland Names: Brothers | Colville | Crymes | Ehrlichman | Else | Fleischman | Leblanc | Taylor
1943-04-16 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20