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Geoffrey David Taylor | |||
| Rank: | Flt.Sergeant (Air Gnr) | Number: | 998259 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 582 Sqn RAFVR | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | Bomber Command | ||
| Died: | 29/07/1944 | Age: | 24 |
| Country of burial: | Germany | Grave Photo: | Yes |
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Durnbach Cemetery | ||
| Town Memorial: | Hale & Hale Barns | ||
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They took off at 22.30 hours from RAF Little Staughton, Huntingdonshire, in a Lancaster Mk III - No. ND810 60-R, to bomb Stuttgart. They crashed at 01.50 hours to the south of Heimerdingen, 21 kilometres ESE of Pforzheim. It is likely that the a/c exploded, throwing clear the pilot - Sqn Leader V.G.F. Coleman, who was the only survivor and became a POW. The other crew members were:- Flight Engineer - Flight Sgt. Reginald Charles Lindfield Lewis, aged: 39 and one of the oldest airmen killed in 1944: Navigator - Pilot Officer William Frederick Bunting DFM, aged: 23; Air Bomber - Flight Lt. Donald Sinclair Margach DFC, aged: 32; Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Warrant Officer William Waldron, aged: 25; Air Gunner - Warrant Officer Alfred Peter Baines; Air Gunner - Flight Sgt. David Baines. Pilot Officer Bunting had already completed 40 missions with 150 Sqn, before transferring to 582 Sqn. Flight Sgt. Taylor was was carrying out the duties of a second air bomber. M.I. - "There:- My blessing with thee". | |||
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