Rufus G. Taylor was born on April 10, 1916. He served as a Technical Sergeant in the 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, and was a passenger aboard the B-29A #44-62276 at the time of his death. On January 17, 1949, the aircraft was performing a flight from RAF Scampton (Lincolnshire) to Schilling AFB (Smoky Hill AFB) in Salina, Kansas, with an intermediate stop in Keflavik. While flying over Scotland at an altitude of 8,500 feet, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and requested ATC the permission to climb to 14,400 feet. Shortly later, at a speed of 500 km/h, the four-engine aircraft hit the slope of the Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn mountain located two miles northwest of Lochgoilhead. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces, and a post-crash fire and all 20 occupants were killed.

TSgt Taylor is now buried in the Fletchers Chapel Cemetery, Yazoo County, Mississippi, USA.

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