LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Allan Murray TAYLOR
Service No: 428481
Born: Armadale VIC, 10 July 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 November 1942
Unit: No. 161 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Tempsford
Died: Air Operations (No. 161 Squadron Stirling aircraft LK119), Norway, 31 March 1945, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Arendal Hogedal Cemetery, Norway
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Allan Fergus and Jessie Selina Taylor, of Richmond, Victoria. Australia
Roll of Honour: Richmond VIC
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2201 hours on the night of 30 March 1945 Stirling LK119 took off from Tempsford detailed to carry out supply dropping over Norway. The aircraft was shot down on the Headland at Holt about 0130 hours on 31 March, and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of LK119 were:
Sergeant Richard Arthur Burgess (2221098) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant George Alfred Heath DFM (1586294) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flight Lieutenant Edward Patrick Cary Kidd DFC (117499) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Thomas Scott MacAulay (154248) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Flight Sergeant Harry Minshull (1589262) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Arthur Donald Shopland (1851187) (RAFVR) (Mid Gunner)
Warrant Officer Allan Murray Taylor (428481) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 1661/39/527