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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, Daniel Calvin
Date of birth
30 November 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Basin, Big Horn County, Wyoming
Hometown
Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37357264
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Right waist Gunner
Unit
751st Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 August 1944
Place of death
10 miles southeast of Brandenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 5 10

Immediate family

Members
Henry Taylor (father)
Bessie M. Taylor (mother)
Robert P. Taylor (brother)
Bessie E. Taylor (sister)
Ola F. Taylor (sister)
Mary E. Taylor (sister)
Samuel D. Taylor (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97131
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Home James
Destination: Genshagen, Germany
Mission: Bombing Damiler-Benz Engine Works
MACR: 7889

More information

Sgt Daniel C. Taylor was employed as a farm hand before he joined the Army on 13 July 1943 at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming.

Plane 42-97131 piloted By Lt Vincent L. Frost, was hit by flak over the target. The #2 engine was hit and fuel from broken gas lines ignited, and soon the whole wing was ablaze. The pilot dove out of formation trying to blow out the flames but to no avail. The order was given to bail out.

Sgt Taylor is remembered at Mount View Cemetery in Basin, Big Horn County, Wyoming with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Rick, Terry Hirsch, Homepage - The 457th Bomb Group (H) Association (457thbombgroupassoc.org), www.ancestry.com, Enlistment

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Mary