Taylor, Harold Fulford (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-May-06

Flight Sergeant Harold Fulford Taylor RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-June-22

Born:

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

Spouse:

Home: Harold, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

11 (BR) Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn, Torbay, Newfoundland

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/71922

Home
Google MapHarold, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
Plot 3 Row 4 Grave 23
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.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Hudson 761

Sergeant Monty Holt Brothers RCAF

Sergeant Brothers, Monty Holt (RCAF)

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

Flight Sergeant William Freeborne Colville RCAF

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

Leading Aircraftman Smith Edward Crymes RCAF

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

Flight Lieutenant Rudolph Irwin Ehrlichman RCAF

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

Corporal Charles Frederick Else RCAF

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

Leading Aircraftman Norman Clifford Fleischman RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Fleischman, Norman Clifford (RCAF)

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

Flight Lieutenant Joseph Hyacinthe Ulysses Le Blanc RCAF

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

Flight Sergeant Harold Fulford Taylor RCAF

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

Accident Card - Lockheed Hudson I serial:761

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-May-06. Hudson I s/n 761.

This accident involved 8 people. Brothers MH, Colville R, Crymes SE, Ehrlichman RI, Else CF, Fleischman NC, Leblanc HJU, Taylor HF

This accident had 8 fatalities. Flight Sergeant Harold Fulford Taylor RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/71922 Hudson 761, Flight Sergeant William Freeborne Colville RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/78383 Hudson 761, Leading Aircraftman Norman Clifford Fleischman RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/84249 Hudson 761, Sergeant Monty Holt Brothers RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/51548 Hudson 761, Leading Aircraftman Smith Edward Crymes RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/70596 Hudson 761, Corporal Charles Frederick Else RCAF Killed in Action service no:18103A Hudson 761, Flight Lieutenant Rudolph Irwin Ehrlichman RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/2637 Hudson 761, Flight Lieutenant Joseph Hyacinthe Ulysses Le Blanc RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/907 Hudson 761

Unit Desciption

11 (BR) Sqn ()