Merrill Samuel Taylor

Name:

Attestation Paper

Country:

Canada

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force

Units:

9N (RNAS)
209 (RAF)

Victories:

Born:

15 April 1893

Place of Birth:

Singhampton, Ontario, Canada

Died:

07 July 1918

Place of Death:

Hamel, France

Memorial:

Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

The son of Samuel Taylor, Merrill Samuel Taylor was a student of Applied Science (1912-1916) when he enlisted in the University of Toronto Overseas Training Company in April 1916. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service in Ottawa on 19 January 1917. By the end of the year, he was posted to 9 Naval Squadron (later 209 Squadron) as a Sopwith Camel pilot. Scoring his first and only victory of the year, Taylor downed an Albatros D.III near Dixmude on 28 September 1917. On 2 May 1918, he shot down a white Fokker Triplane flown by Hans Weiss of Jasta 11. Having increased his score to eight, Taylor was killed in action over Hamel when his Camel was shot down by Franz Büchner.

Opponents

#5	Hans Weiss

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	28 Sep 1917	1620	9N	Sopwith Camel (B5652)	Albatros D.III (DES) ¹	Dixmude
2	21 Apr 1918	1025	209	Sopwith Camel (B7200)	C (DESF)	Beaucourt
3	22 Apr 1918	0610	209	Sopwith Camel	C (CAP) ²	Albert
4	27 Apr 1918	1445	209	Sopwith Camel (B3858)	Albatros D.V (OOC)	E of Villers-Brettoneaux
5	02 May 1918	1200	209	Sopwith Camel (D3326)	Fokker DR.I (DES)	1 mi S of Cerisy
6	15 May 1918	1015	209	Sopwith Camel (D3329)	Albatros D.V (OOC)	Belloy-Pozieres
7	16 May 1918	1615	209	Sopwith Camel (D3329)	Fokker DR.I (CAP) ³	Corbie

1	Shared with FSL Fred Banbury, FSL Oliver Redgate, FSL John Hales, FCdr Stearne Edwards
2	Shared with Capt Oliver LeBoutillier, Lt MA Harker, Lt Robert Foster, Lt Cecil Brock
3	Shared with Capt Stearne Edwards, Lt Wilfrid May

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