LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer John TAYLOR
Service No: 412735
Born: Dubbo NSW, 7 July 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 July 1941
Unit: No. 106 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Syerston
Died: Air Operations: (No. 106 Squadron Lancaster aircraft W4922), Germany, 6 September 1943, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Winifred Taylor, of Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Dubbo NSW
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1950 hours on the night of 5 September 1943, Lancaster W4922 took off from Syerston detailed to bomb Mannheim, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed in or near the Rhine at Ludwigshafen, and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of W4922 were:
Sergeant George Hutchinson Rennie Bell (1318653) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Joseph Gordon Clarke (1230788) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Flying Officer George Richard McCleave (134062) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant Hugh Patrick Purdy (1613094) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Sergeant Phillip Roberts (1511208) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant James Patrick Sheridan (425810) (Rear Gunner)
Pilot Officer John Taylor (412735) (Pilot)
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, 166/39/127