Taylor, John Phillip
Personal Information
Rank | sgt |
Forename(s) | John Phillip |
Surname | Taylor |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-06-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Francis Walter and Rachel Taylor, of Fort William, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V |
Serial Number | P4940 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Brookwood Military Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 31. F. 5. |
Epitaph | HE SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD: AGE SHALL NOT WEARY HIM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 105 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/68517 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 10 OTU |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Old airfield site, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of those killed on Ops from RAF Stanton Harcourt |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/6761 (P359503/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-06-1941 |
End Date | 05-06-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Abingdon |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- circuits and landings |
Reason for Loss | Weather worsened and the crew became lost. Regional control, however managed to make contact with the Whitley but while trying to establish his position ,Sgt Halstead RCAF flew into a line of high -tension cables carrying 132k volts and crashed 1845 to the N of Hinton Waldrist and about 8 miles WNW from the town of Abingdon. |