F/Lt Jack Hardy Taylor RAFVR 123032 shot down incident August 1944

[highgroundsman]

Hi All,

Can anyone help please.

I am working on airmen on our local war memorial and the obituary for F/Lt Taylor`s loss on 28.2.45
states that in August the previous year he had been shot down over Normandy and hospitalised for a few months,
but I can`t find any reference in Fighter Command Losses book for this incident. He was either flying a Hurricane IV
or a Typhoon 1b.

Please note I have all the details for his loss in February 45, it is just the shooting down in Aug 44 I am interested in. Thanks.

Regards
Dave.

[vrajm]

Hi Dave,

My notes:

15.08.1943 F/O to 186 Sqn from 56 OTU
21.11.1943 f/f with Typhoon - Local Recco
21.02.1944 from 186 Sqn - posted
23.02.1944 to 174 Sqn from 186 Sqn
09.04.1944 from 174 Sqn to 83 GSU (F/Os O'Callaghan, Deller, Taylor)
22.07.1944 F/L to 175 Sqn
25.07.1944 f/op with 175 Sqn RP attack on railway junction
27.10.1944 to 182 Sqn
02.11.1944 f/op with 182 Sqn
28.02.1945 09:35e Typhoon SW415 lost - arm rec Bremen-Osnabruck hbF f/l near Lohne. Executed with W/O Cuthbertson by Volkssturm - August Brüning and Friedrich König. Initially buried PoW-cem near the German a/f Achmer N Osnabrück.

Regards

Mojmir

[highgroundsman]

Thanks Mojmir,

The details on the other squadrons will be a great help in searching through the ORBs.

Best Regards
Dave.