March 6, 1953

Flying Officer Ronald Taylor, of Beoley Road, Redditch, was killed when the Meteor aircraft he was flying crashed in Wiltshire last week.

Mr Taylor, who was 24 years of age and the only son of Mrs E and the late Mr Taylor, joined the RAF six and a half years ago and after becoming an NCO signaller, remustered as pilot about five years ago.

He was stationed in Celle, Germany, for 12 months with a fighter squadron of the Second Tactical Air Force.

Returning to this country he went to RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire, to learn to become an instructor.

Educated at St Stephen's and Redditch Technical School, Mr Taylor was employed in a Redditch solicitors' office until joining the airforce.