Taylor, Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Arthur |
Surname | Taylor |
Gender | M |
Date of Death | 19-11-1943 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EF123 |
Markings | GI-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Blackpool (Carleton) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. A. Grave 124. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 251 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 966000 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 622 |
Squadron Motto | Bellamus noctu (We wage war by night) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John, Beck Row, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on rear external wall of Church |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of all who served at RAF Mildenhall and associated aerodromes in the cause of freedom, 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2137/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2137/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-11-1943 |
End Date | 20-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (50% moon) |
Operation | Leverkusen. 266 aircraft, 5 losses (1.9%), probably due to bad weather around German airfields. Equipment failure on Oboe Mosquitoes prevented proper target marking and the other PFF aircraft had difficulty in making good due to the poor weather. At least six towns in the vicinity recorded bombs but only one fell on Leverkusen. |
Reason for Loss | Diverted to Bradwell Bay on return and subsequently rescinded. Set course for Mildenhall but crashed in poor visibility SE of Ely, Cambridgeshire |