| Pilot
Officer Kenneth Taylor was serving as
Flight Engineer on board Stirling
Mk.I
N6077 coded
HA-V
on January
27/28, 1943, when it took off from
Downham Market at
1730hrs for a
mine
laying operation in the Sweet Pea region (Rostock and Arcane) of the
Baltic.
As
they proceeded on the homeward journey at 400 feet, they flew into
high ground near Dassel. Sergeant Jackson was blown out of the rear
turret, landing uninjured in the snow and was to become a POW. This
particular Stirling had a total of 221.45 hours when lost. Seven of
the crew rest in Hanover War cemetery.
The crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Hometown |
Age |
|
P/O Arthur Gough |
RAFVR |
Kenton, Middx. |
20 |
|
P/O Kenneth Taylor |
RAFVR |
Streatham, London |
23 |
|
Sgt Edward Forward |
RAFVR |
Trallwn, Glasgow |
24 |
|
Sgt Geoffrey Layley |
RAFVR |
Kingsclere, Hampshire |
23 |
|
Sgt Norman Whitehead |
RAFVR |
Almondbury, Hampshire |
20 |
|
Sgt George Banks |
RAFVR |
Northenden, Lancs. |
31 |
|
Sgt Loring Ehrhart |
RAFVR |
- |
- |
|
Sgt W.E.Jackson - POW |
RAFVR |
- |
- |
Pilot
Officer Kenneth Alsey Taylor RAFVR was the son of Thomas Alsey and
Ethel Taylor of Streatham, London.
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