Taylor, Alfred Peter William

Title

Taylor, Alfred Peter William
Taylor, APW

Description

15 items. The collection concerns Alfred "Alf" Peter William Taylor DFC (b. 1920, 1380911 Royal Air Force) and contains photographs, decorations and documents. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 35 and 78 Squadrons.

The collection has been licenced to the IBCC Digital Archive by Adrian Taylor and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Date

2024-03-28

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

This content is property of Adrian Taylor who has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.

Identifier

Taylor, APW

Collection Items

Alf Taylor's DFC
Alf's Distinguished Flying Cross, in its box and with an award letter from the King.

Alf Taylor's medals
Five medals awarded to Alf.
1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, and War Medal 1939 to 1945. Accompanied by a description of all medals.

78 Squadron crest
A cloth badge for 78 Squadron.

78 Squadron Photograph
A large group of airmen arranged in front of and on top of a Halifax.

Seven airmen
Seven airmen with Alf Taylor in the centre at the back. Wing Commander Young is seated second from left, front row.

Ten airmen
Ten airmen, with Alf Taylor in the centre at the back. They are all in Sidcot suits..

Essen and Koblenz
Two vertical aerial photographs.
#1 Essen annotated '1293. BTN. 23.10.44.//F/8" 20,000' 360° 15.32 Essen C1 2GP500LD. 6ANM590T. 2ANM59IN . 2MC500DT "C" 36secs. W/C Young. X.78'.
#2 annotated '1672. BTN. 29.12.44. //F/8" 18000' 085° 1504. Koblenz…

Alfred Taylor and crew
Seven airmen with Alf on the left.

Alf Taylor, Suzanne and Kath
The three are seated on a bench in a park.

Alf Taylor in flying kit
Alf wearing a Sidcot suit

Alf Taylor
A portrait of Alf in uniform, sitting on a wall, watched by a young girl.

Alf Taylor
A head and shoulders portrait of Alf in uniform with brevet and medal ribbons.

Flying Officer APW Taylor
A newspaper cutting referring to the award of a DFC to Alf.

Poetic tribute to Alf Taylor
A poetic tribute to Alf written by Wally, according to information supplied with the collection.

Alf Taylor's Operations and crew
13 operations completed by Alf plus a list of 20 airmen that were part of his crew.
View all 15 items

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