Merrill Samuel Taylor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian aviator
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Place of Birth: Clearview, Ontario, Canada
About Merrill Samuel Taylor
- Lieutenant Merrill Samuel Taylor was a Canadian flying ace during World War I.
- He was credited with seven aerial victories while flying a Sopwith Camel fighter for the Royal Naval Air Service, and later, the Royal Air Force.
- He touched off the air battle that resulted in the death of the war's leading ace, Manfred von Richthofen, on 21 April 1918.
- On 2 May 1918, he killed German ace Hans Weiss for his fifth victory.
- Taylor was killed in action by Franz Büchner on 7 July 1918.
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