LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant William Irving TAYLOR
Service No: 434558
Born: Lithgow NSW, 29 April 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 December 1942 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 630 Squadron (RAF), RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 630 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ND695), North West Europe, 23 May 1944, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry Irving Taylor, and of Mary Gould Taylor, of Bardon, Queensland, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 261, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 26 February 1944, Flight Sergeant Taylor was injured in an aircraft accident in which Flight Sergeant William Victor Manuel (401986) was killed.
Lancaster ND695 of 630 Squadron took off from RAF East Kirkby at 2238 hours on 22 May 1944 to attack a target at Brunswick, Germany. Nothing further was heard of the aircraft or crew.
The crew members of ND695 were:
Sergeant James Binnie (1824919) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Vivian William Brown (414903) (Pilot)
Sergeant Thomas William Connor (1549439) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant David Beattie Haig (1822622) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant William John Saxby (1091895) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer Kenneth Arthur Sinclair (415187) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant William Irving Taylor (434558) (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 Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/39/240