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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

224803

Sgt. Arthur Dix Taylor

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 104 Sqd.

from:Billingham, Co Durham

(d.25th Aug 1943)

Arthur Taylor was born on 28th July 1921 and subsequently joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve. In 1943 he was serving with 104 Sqdn Bomber Command and based in the Middle East. At 18.44hrs on the evening of 24th August 1943 his Wellington aircraft took off from its base on a bombing raid, I believe to Torre Anunziata, Italy. Arthur was the rear gunner / wireless operator. After taking off nothing more was heard of the aircraft or its crew.

I have unconfirmed information that the aircraft may have come down after suffering engine trouble during the flight. {This information is from my mother who is the sister of Arthur Taylor.} To this day the location of where the aircraft came down is still unknown and the bodies of the crew have never been recovered, although it is thought to be somewhere at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. My mother gave me the names of two other crew members of the flight who were Sgt John William Snowden of Hartlepool Co. Durham and Jonny Pape of Cockermouth, Cumbria.

Arthur Dix Taylor is remembered on Column 272 of the Alamein Memorial. I have only recently started this research but have, so far, not been been able to find out anything further about this bombing raid. I am the nephew of Arthur Dix Taylor but I was not born until nine years after he died.






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