Supports 4 facts
Escape and Evasion Report 1615
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1944 · Escape and Evasion Reports
Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 01 Aug 1943
Vance Taylor.
Engineer / Top Turret · 330th Squadron · Of CO.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Vance Taylor served as top turret gunner (engineer) on the 1 August 1943 Ploesti mission with the 93rd Bomb Group, 330th Bomb Squadron.
Taylor was on the flight deck at the time of the crash and was not seen alive afterward. Co-pilot Bassett's questionnaire notation indicates Taylor was 'behind dead' and 'was on flight died at time of crash,' listing him among those believed killed. Lt. Beaumont's separate report likewise placed Taylor among those believed dead.
Romanian witnesses confirmed to the survivors that the remaining crew members were dead. Taylor was reported killed in action.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Position
Engineer / Top Turret
Serial Number
37333802
Hometown
CO
Missions flown.
3 catalogued · 01 Aug 1944 — 01 Aug 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery
Location
Burlington, Kit Carson Co, CO
Photographs.
3 on file
Read the records.
2 documents
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Supports 4 facts
Escape and Evasion Report 1616
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Escape and Evasion Reports
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record