TAYLOR, RONALD WEST Rank: Sergeant Trade: Pilot Service No: 401790 Date of Death: 19/07/1941 Age: 25 Regiment/Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force 105 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Grave Reference: Plot 1. Joint grave 2. Cemetery: NOORDWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Alfred Sydney and Norah Amelia Taylor, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Casualty Details
105 Sqdn were flying Blenheims out of Swanton Morley, Norfolk, at this time, mostly against port targets - they were part of 2 Group. They'd just won their first VC for a raid on Bremen docks on the 4th July 1941 (Wing Cmdr Edwards VC, the Australian squadron commander). On 19 July 1941, Sgt Taylor was killed when his Blenheim IV, V6039 Q-Queenie, crashed off the Dutch coast at 1122 while on an anti-shipping operation. Pat.
