Kenneth Henry McPherson Taylor
Service number
J/7076
Military unit
408 Sqdn 434 Sqdn
Address
150 Farnham Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
Date of birth
30 Dec 1921
Date of death
03 Jun 1942 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
Employment, education or hobbies
Student.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
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Family history
Son of John McPherson Taylor (died 1922) and Lila Bernice Plunkett nee Taylor nee Rupay, stepson of Merton Wesley Plunkett.
Military history
2/3 June 1942 Hampden AT154 408 Sqn Took off from RAF Balderton 23.26 mission to the Krupp factories at Essen 23:26. Shot down by Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who were flying Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 R4+AC from Leeuwarden airfield, crashed in to the Ijsselmeer a mile off Medemblik at 01.06 outbound with the loss of the crew.
P/O Kenneth Taylor RCAF - Washed up near Medemblik 14 Jun 1942.
Sgt Orville McKenzie RCAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery.
Sgt Ewart Ronson - Washed up near Oudemirdum 17 Jul 1942.
F/O Peter Edwards - MIA.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Kenneth Henry McPherson Taylor