Kaylor Jasper Wiley

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Jasper Wiley Kaylor is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-17G 'I'll Get By' (42-102700) Crash Marker -95th Bomber Group

Name:

Jasper Wiley Kaylor

Rank:

Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-817042

Unit:

412th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-08-02

State:

Georgia

Cemetery:

Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia

Plot:

Row:

395

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Born on 5 August 1915, son of Jasper Wiley Kaylor and husband of Dorothy M. Kaylor of Atlanta, Georgia.

Co-pilot of the B-17G, 42-102700 "I'll Get By," which took off from Station 119 in Horham, Suffolk, UK on 2 August 1944. Hit by flak and exploded in mid-air at 1754h near Lisieux, France. Three crewmen survived the event and were taken prisoner, and seven were killed. Kaylor was 28 years old when he died in the explosion.