Taylor, Albert Edward
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | Albert Edward |
Surname | Taylor |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | DFM |
Date of Death | 02-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest and Edith Taylor, of Kilburn, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB682 |
Markings | MG-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 16. B. 7-12. |
Epitaph | THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION; WHOM THEN SHALL I FEAR? PSALM XXVII.I |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 251 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 44406 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 7 |
Squadron Motto | Per diem per noctem (By day and by night) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/101/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/101/1 |
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 | 01-01-1944 |
End Date | 02-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (41% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 421 Lancasters, 28 losses (6.7%). German fighters were directed to the main bomber stream early in the approach and the German controller was not deceived by the Mosquito diversion on Hamburg. However, the night-fighters were not particularly effective over the target and the flak was also restricted in height due to their presence. Berlin was cloud covered once again and the sky-marking was not especially accurate. Bombing was scattered but mainly in the southern suburbs. Only 21 houses and one industrial building were destroyed and 79 people killed. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter on outbound leg and crashed at Ramsel, ESE of Lingen, Germany |