Taylor Bight


Taylor Bight (53˚06'00" 129˚12'00" S side of Gil I, N end of Campania Sd, W of Princess Royal I). Flying Officer Richard Winter Taylor, DFC, of Victoria, was killed in action Mar 14, 1943, age 22. He was serving with No 161 Squadron, a hush-hush RAF group that was primarily used by Britain’s Special Operations Executive to drop and collect secret agents and equipment behind enemy lines in Europe. Taylor’s Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber crashed while flying an undercover team into...

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