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A collection of three photos and letters written by Lt. Harry Turbet Taylor (a.k.a. Tea and H. T.) to the G. S. Houdyshell family in Topeka, Kansas. Taylor, a member of the Eighth U.S. Air Force and later the Ninth U.S. Air Force, served as a B-26 Marauder pilot during World War II in England. The letters were transcribed by Mary Lou Houdyshell Anderson, Taylor's niece. Included in the collection are an account written by Taylor telling about an incident where his plane was hit by flak in a bombing run at Noball (V-11) Launch Site and biographical information.
Creator: Taylor, Harry Turbet
Date: September 20, 1942 - October 2, 1944
Item Number: 317004
Call Number: B Taylor, Harry T. *2-4 (photographs)
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 317004
Collections - Manuscript
Date - 1940s
Military - Service - Air Force
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - International - England
Places - Other States - Louisiana
Places - Other States - New York
Places - Other States - Texas
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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