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P Taylor | Flt/Lt P G Taylor Joined the RAF as an Aircraft Apprentice at Halton in 1938, aged 16. In 1940 he became airframe fitter on the Maintenance Unit and volunteered for aircrew in 1941. He was recommended for training as a Navigator, completed his ground training in the UK and his flying training in Port Albert, Canada. On completion, he was Commissioned and returned to the UK in January 1943, where he commenced familiarisation training in Tiger Moths (15 EFTS) and Ansons. In August 1943, along with a pilot, wireless operator and bomb aimer, he commenced training on Whitleys. From December 1943 to January 1944, he underwent training for conversion to Halifaxes and was posted to 10 Sqdn. After one operation he was transferred to 158 Sqdn (Lissett). On his tenth op. (18th April 1944) his aircraft was returning from a bombing raid on the marshalling yards at Tergunier (northern France) when they were attacked by a German night-fighter. The port wing of the aircraft was on fire, they went into a steep dive and the pilot shouted 'Bale Out'. Fortunately for him, the navigator position in the Halifax was next to the forward escape hatch and both he and the Flight Engineer were the only ones able to bale out, the other five crew members were all killed on impact. The Flight Engineer was captured the next day but Flt/Lt Taylor avoided capture and was sheltered by the Resistance in various safe houses until 28th July. By this time in the war French collaborators had infiltrated the Resistance Movement and were turning evading Allied airmen over to the Germans. Flt/Lt Taylor was betrayed and turned over to the Germans on 28th July. He was imprisoned in Paris with approximately 140 other Allied airmen captured in similar circumstances. When Allied forces closed in on Paris, all prisoners mainly French civilians were packed into cattle trucks and evacuated to Germany, destination unknown, which turned out to be Buchenwald concentration camp. Along with other airmen, he was subsequently transferred to Stalag Luft 3 on 21st October where he remained as POW until the Russian advanced forced evacuation of all POWs and a long trek, finishing near Hamburg just as Germany surrendered. |
Items Signed by Flt/Lt P G Taylor |
  | Mutual Support by Philip West. Price : £125.00 | In the depths of winter, Halifax aircraft of 158 Squadron based at RAF Lissett, Yorkshire, make their final preparations before take off. A remarkable aircraft much loved by its crews....... | |
| | Mutual Support by Philip West. (AP) Price : £150.00 | In the depths of winter, Halifax aircraft of 158 Squadron based at RAF Lissett, Yorkshire, make their final preparations before take off. A remarkable aircraft much loved by its crews. ...... | |
| | Mutual Support by Philip West. (Y) Price : £95.00 | In the depths of winter, Halifax aircraft of 158 Squadron based at RAF Lissett, Yorkshire, make their final preparations before take off. A remarkable aircraft much loved by its crews. ...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Flt/Lt P G Taylor |
 | WW2 Halifax Bomber Prints by Philip West and Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £220.00 Saving : £155 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Leading the Way by Gerald Coulson. Mutual Support by Philip West. | |
 | WW2 Halifax Prints by Philip West and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £180.00 Saving : £155 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Mutual Support by Philip West. Halifax Legend by Robert Taylor | |
 | Handley Page Halifax Aircraft Prints by Ivan Berryman and Philip West. Pack Price : £180.00 Saving : £140 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Mutual Support by Philip West. Friday the 13th by Ivan Berryman. (B) | |
 | WW2 Bomber Command Halifax Prints by Philip West and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £165.00 Saving : £165 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Mutual Support by Philip West. Operation Mallard by Ivan Berryman. (D) | |
 | Halifax Aircraft Aviation Print Pack by Ivan Berryman and Philip West. Pack Price : £160.00 Saving : £145 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Mutual Support by Philip West. Halifax Mk.III NA337 by Ivan Berryman. (D) |
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