Taylor, Samuel Douglas (Flying Officer)

Evader 1944-May-02

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Service

RCAF

Unit

218 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
In Time

Base

RAF Woolfox Lodge

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

J/14635

Target
Google MapChambly France - railway yards and supply depot

Took off from Woolfox Lodge at 22:14 in Stirling Mark III (Sqn code: HA-P Bomber Command).

Crashed Poix-de-la-Somme

Flying Officer Taylor evaded, made his way to Freteval, France with the help of the resistance where he was liberated by the Americans. He returned to England in August 1944.

Crew or Other Personnel

Stirling EF504

Flight Sergeant Murray Richard Bell RCAF

Flight Sergeant Bell, Murray Richard (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-May-02
Eglise St Denis De Poix-De-Picardie Churchyard, Somme, France

Flt Lieutenant Ieuan Iorwerth Jones RAF

Flt Lieutenant Jones, Ieuan Iorwerth (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-May-02
cemetery unknown

Flt Sergeant Ronald Henderson Osborne RAAF

Flt Sergeant Osborne, Ronald Henderson (RAAF)

Killed in Action
1944-May-02
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Alfred Arthur Snook RAF

Sergeant Snook, Alfred Arthur (RAF)
W/Op-AG
Killed in Action
1944-May-02
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Samuel Douglas Taylor RCAF

Flying Officer Taylor, Samuel Douglas (RCAF)

Evader
1944-May-02
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Robert Ernest Samuel Twining RAF

Flying Officer Twining, Robert Ernest Samuel (RAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-May-02
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Eric William Wright RAF

Sergeant Wright, Eric William (RAF)

Evader
1944-May-02
cemetery unknown