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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
3451 BoxNorman L 1st LtO-763051USAPilotUSAAF364th Fighter Group385th Fighter Squadron
1944-11-21P-38 Lightning (P-51 Mustang mid 1944)0.5 Luftwaffe destroyedSource: afhra.maxwell.af.mil
ETO (European Theatre)
3452 BoxallG RSergeantRCAFBomber Command100Sqn
1944-03-24LancasterIIIND328HW-WGrimsby2216KarlsruheCrashed St Martens-Voeren {Liege}KilledHeverlee War Cemetery BelgiumParadie Archive Database
3453 BoxallCharles FrankFlight Lieutenant694721914PilotRAFVRBomber Command105 Sqn
1944-03-22MosquitoIXLR476GB-Marham19:56DeelanThe aircraft returned and landed at 22:50. As it landed a bomb fell from the starboard wing and exploded. This caused the disintegration of the starboard wing and set fire to the aircraft, killing one of the crew and injuring the other.KilledCambridge City Cemetery Grave 14711Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Boxall, of Sudbury Hill, Harrow, Middlesex
3454 BoxsellW KFlying OfficerRAAFBomber Command467Sqn RAAF
1944-10-28LancasterIIILM746PO-Waddington2214BergenThe aircraft was badly damaged during a mid air collision with another aircraft from the squadron (which managed to land safely) After jettisoning the bomb load over the sea they returned inland. All but three of the crew baled out whilst the pilot, flight engineer and navigator remained and managed to fly the aircraft into Carnaby. Aircraft subsequently damaged beyond repair.Safe
3455 BoyRAdjutantFrancePilotFree FFAFFighterGroupe de Chasse 1/2 'Cigognes'
329Sqn Free French

1944-08-22SpitfireIXNH521ARecceCrashed near Vauville
3456 BoyceW GFlight SergeantRAAFBomber Command460Sqn RAAF
1944-04-09LancasterIIIJB734AR-R2Binbrook2115GardeningCrashed Gunderup DenmarkKilledEsbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Denmark

3457 BoyceC DSergeantRCAFBomber Command207Sqn
1944-06-21LancasterIIILM578EM-LSpilsby2321WesselingCrashed off Dutch coastKilledRunnymede Paradie Archive DatabaseNachtjagd War Diaries Volume 2. This aircraft was claimed by Hptm Martin Drewes (Stab III./NJG1). 15 km North West of Schouwen (KH-1/JH-7) at 1,500m. Time 02:35. This would be his 47th kill. See Kracker Archive on this site. The references in brackets refer to the Beacons (Holding Points)where German aircraft would circle until vectored on to enemy aircraft or they had a visual sighting. (Additional information from John Jones)
3458 BoyceRobert Richardson Sergeant(R/138379) J/9046725 Dec 1915CanadianWireless OperatorRCAFBomber Command428 Sqn RCAF
1944-08-16LancasterXKB751NA-QMiddleton St George215StettinSee Archive ReportMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial Panel 249
courtesy Claude Lafleur
Paradie Archive Database
3459 BoyceT WPilot OfficerRNZAFBomber Command166Sqn
1944-06-12LancasterIIILM581AS-XKirmington2238GelsenkirchenCrashed near Tongeren {Gelderland}KilledEpe General Cemetery
3460 BoyceK AFlight SergeantBomber Command207Sqn
1944-07-07LancasterILM218EM-NSpilsby2247St-LeuCrashed at Haudricourt {Seine-Maritime}KilledHaudricourt Communal Cemetery
3461 BoyceR JSergeantBomber Command49Sqn
1944-04-26LancasterIIIJB679EA-DFiskerton2131SchweinfurtCrashed Bure {Meuse}KilledBure churchyard
3462 BoyceDonald George NevilleFlight Sergeant1432345PilotRAFVRBomber Command578 Sqn
1944-04-22HalifaxIIIMZ518LK:CBurn22:44DusseldorfMZ518 was claimed by Ofw.Hans Zettel, his 2ns Abschuss, from 2./NJG6 over Eppinghoven, W. Dinstaken at 5.000 m at 01:38 hrs. Victory confirmed 08.09.1944. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 March 1944 - 11 May 1944) Part 2 - Theo Boiten)KilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery Joint Grave 7.B.13Son of Harry Pierce Boyce and Florence Boyce, of Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.
3463 BoyceD G NFlight SergeantBomber Command578Sqn
1944-03-13HalifaxIIILK756LK-JBurn2219le MansCrashed near Selby
3464 BoyceWilliam GeorgeFlight Sergeant421239AustraliaRAAF460Sqn RAAF
1944-04-10RAAF Honour Roll
3465 BoyceRichard FrancisFlying Officer413520AustraliaRAAF78Sqn RAAF
1944-10-29RAAF Honour Roll
3466 BoyceErnest AveryFlight Lieutenant1915 BristolPilotDFC

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, Malta, 50th Anniversary Medal
RAFVR42Sqn

86Sqn

203Sqn

69Sqn

Survived war. Died Frenchay Hospital Bristol Sep 1993

Flew in over 30 different types of aircraft, undertook 2,553 hours and 50 minutes of flying hours during the Second War, and flew at least 164 operational sorties - many of which were with 69 Squadron, whilst based at Luqa, Malta

DFC Citation 7 Jan 1944: ‘Flight Lieutenant Boyce is a pilot of Number 69 (G.R.) Squadron, and has now completed one hundred and fifty operational sorties involving a total of six hundred and ninety four hours flying. Since his arrival on Malta on 24th April 1943, he has flown forty eight sorties with a total of two hundred hours flying. This officer has been engaged in the Mediterranean theatre of operations continuously since 9th June 1941. Operating from the Middle East with Blenheim, Maryland and Baltimore aircraft he took part in many offensive operations, including low level shipping strikes and patrols. During his tour of duty in Malta his work on anti-submarine patrol has been of the highest value to Allied convoys. Flight Lieutenant Boyce’s flying ability has always been of the highest and he has spared no effort to ensure that each task allotted to him is carried out to a satisfactory conclusion. By his example and enthusiasm for operations this officer has proved himself an invaluable member of the Squadron. ’
educated at South Bristol Central School. Enlisted for air crew in 1939, commissioned in 1942. Act. Flt. Lt. Boyce is the second of three brothers in the RAF and Fleet Air Arm, the youngest of whom, Sgt. A.G. Pter Boyce, was a PoW in Germany. A son of Mr and Mrs T. G. Boyce, Flt. Lt. Boyce, was a fitter with Bristol Gas Co. before entering the RAF a few months before the war. Went to the Middle East. Has made a dozen operational flights. He is well known in Bristol sporting circles, being a keen track runner with the Imperial Club, and boxing champion of South Central School.’ Boyce joined the RAFVR in March 1939, and carried out his initial pilot training at No. 33 and No. 11 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training Schools. He was posted for operational flying to 42 Squadron (Beauforts), Thorney Island, in May 1940. Boyce flew in one operational sortie with the Squadron, which was the bombing raid on Vaernes Airfield, Norway, 20 June 1940. After postings to No. 1 School of General Reconnaissance, No. 1 O.T.U., Silloth and to the Coastal O.T.U. at Chivenor, Boyce was posted to 86 Squadron (Blenheims), Gosport in February 1941. The Squadron were engaged in convoy escorts duties off the East Anglian coast from the end of March 1941. Boyce flew on a number of escorts before being posted overseas for service with 203 Squadron. Having flown via Gibraltar and Malta, Boyce joined his new squadron at Kabrit, Egypt during the first week of June 1941. He flew Blenheims in a large number of reconnaissance missions over the Mediterranean, and advanced to Warrant Officer in October of 1941. Boyce was commissioned Pilot Officer in March 1942, and continued to be engaged on anti-submarine and shipping patrols - now in Marylands. Boyce was posted to No. 2 Aircraft Delivery Unit in August 1942, and flew a large number of aircraft across Africa over the following months. Boyce advanced to Flying Officer, and returned to operational flying with 203 Squadron (Baltimores) in February 1943. He briefly commanded ‘A’ Flight, before transferring to 69 Squadron (Baltimores) at Luqa, Malta, in April 1943. Boyce flew a large number of shipping reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrols between April - December 1943. He married a Maltese girl during his posting, 17 July 1944. Having advanced to Flight Lieutenant in June 1943, Boyce returned to the UK and was posted as a pilot to Ferry Command Pool at Melton Mowbray in January 1944. After a number of postings, Boyce undertook a course to qualify as an instructor at No. 3 Instructors School, Lulsgate, from October - November 1944. Subsequent postings included the Empire Flying School, Hullavington; 105 O.T.U., Bramcote; No.. 1381 Transport Conversion Unit, Desborough; and No. 1383 Transport Conversion Unit. Boyce was posted to the Metropolitan Communication Squadron in March 1946, and his final posting was to the R.A.F. Establishment Transport Flight at Farnborough in May 1948 (awarded the Air Efficiency Award in March 1946). He left the service in December 1948, and subsequently joined 2152 Squadron, Air Training Corps at Filton, Bristol, in 1955. During his career he flew in over 30 different types of aircraft, undertook 2,553 hours and 50 minutes of flying hours during the Second War, and flew at least 164 operational sorties.
3467 BoydR HWarrant OfficerRAAFBomber Command103Sqn
1944-05-03LancasterIIIND905PM-BElsham Wolds2158Mailly-le-CampCrashed Villers-le-Chateau {Marne}KilledVillers-le-Chateau Churchyard
3468 BoydR T RFlight SergeantRAAFBomber Command467Sqn RAAF
1944-12-17LancasterIPD215PO-Waddington1638MunchenCollided with 50 Sqn Lancaster & abandoned near Chalons-sr-Marne
3469 BoydN CFlight SergeantRAAFBomber Command90Sqn
1944-12-23LancasterIHE664WP-VTuddenham1146TrierExploded over HammKilledRunnymede
3470 BoydGeorge PatrickSergeant1290787Age 24W/Op/Air/GnrRAFVRBomber Command61Sqn
1944-10-14LancasterIME595QR-Y RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire 2251Braunschweig See archive report for further details KilledHannover War Cemetery. Grave 2.G.15
Read Archive Report
3471 BoydDonald McMillanP/OJ/91105Air BombadierRCAFBomber Command630Sqn
1944-09-11LancasterIPD283LE-GEast Kirkby2044DarmstadtCrashed at SchmidthachenbachKilledRheinberg War Cemetery. Burial Plot Coll. grave 8. D. 6-10.Paradie Archive DatabaseNachtjagd War Diaries Volume 2 It is possible that this aircraft was shot down by Hptm Kurt Fladrich (9./NJG4) Hunsruck, NE-N (RP-RO) at 4,200m. Time 00:20. If this is correct then it would be his 15th kill. See Kracker Archive on this site (Additional information from John Jones)
3472 Boyd William James VictorFlight Sergeant428303Air GunnerRNZAFBomber Command75 Sqn RNZAF
1944-09-11LancasterILM268AA:DRAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire19:35GardeningSee Archive report for further detailsKilledSvino Churchyard. Collective grave 88
3473 BoydFSergeantBomber Command158Sqn
1944-03-30HalifaxIIIHX322NP-BLissett2149NurnbergCrashed CaumontKilledCaumont Churchyard
3474 BoydJ TSergeantBomber Command166Sqn
1944-05-08LancasterIME806AS-J2Kirmington1425PauillacCollided with 166 Sqn Lancaster PD227 outbound & crashedKilledRunnymede
3475 BoydTSergeant1340800EngineerBomber Command431Sqn RCAF
1944-01-28HalifaxVLK963SE-HCroft2348BerlinClaim by Lt Bruno Heilig Stab NJG2 at 04:30. XI Luftgau crash report “Halifax 04:30 Webelsfelde 20km North West Schwerin NJ” Aircraft crashed 500m South West of the outskirts of WebelsfeldePoW No. 1255, Stalag 357 Kopernikus
3476 BoydG KFlight LieutenantDFC

Bomber Command514Sqn
1944-01-30LancasterIIIDS706JI-GWaterbeach1723BerlinKilledRunnymede
3477 BoydRonald HowardWarrant Officer416041AustraliaRAAF103Sqn RAF
1944-05-04RAAF Honour Roll
3478 BoydLeslie CyrilLeading Aircraftman40014AustraliaRAAF3 W/T Station Batchelor1944-01-23RAAF Honour Roll
3479 BoydRoy VincentFlight Sergeant421786AustraliaRAAF58Sqn RAF
1944-08-21RAAF Honour Roll
3480 BoydNorman CollisFlight Sergeant430112AustraliaRAAF90Sqn RAF
1944-12-23RAAF Honour Roll
3481 BoydWarren D 1st LtO-750525USAPilotUSAAF364th Fighter Group383rd Fighter Squadron
1944-09-28P-38 Lightning (P-51 Mustang mid 1944)1 Luftwaffe destroyedSource: afhra.maxwell.af.mil
ETO (European Theatre)
3482 BoydWilliam Edward2nd LieutenantPilot OfficerO-706791AmericanBombardierUSAAF8th Air Force305th Bombardment Group (H), 365th Bombardment Squadron (H)1944-07-21B-17G42-97350XK:?Chelveston (Station #105), Northamptonshire, EnglandSchweinfurt (Mission #486), GermanySee Archive report for detailsPoW, unknown camp
3483 BoydA. NellesSergeantR/212438CanadaAir/GnrRCAFBomber Command434Sqn RCAF
1944-04-08HalifaxIIILW436WL-YRAF Croft, Yorkshire1029Bois de CassanSee archive report for further brief details provided by John JonesEvaderParadie Archive Database
3484 BoydRichard EdwinFlight Lieutenant133418Age ?BritishPilotDFC


RAFVRBomber Command51Sqn
1946-04-11Avro York685 IMW252-RAF Woodbridge, SuffolkTrainingSee archive report for further detailsSeriously injured - survived
Courtesy Timothy Trimble
Richard Boyd was born in London, England and was a member of the RAF Air Training Corps before joining the RAF air crew. Assigned to the United States, in 1942 received his US Army Air Corps Wings. Richard graduated from the US Air Corps Training School as an instructor (1943). Richard flew the following aircraft in training. Tiger Moth(UK). Primary Training PT-17. Basic Training BT-13. Advanced Training. AT-6. Curtiss AT-9. Beechcraft AT-10. During 1944-1945 he returned to England and was assigned to the 3 Group Bomber Command / 195 Squadron.
3485 BoydKenneth LeslieWarrant OfficerNZ/411381Age 24New ZealandPilotRNZAFCoastal Command540Sqn

1944-08-21MosquitoPR.XVIMM360-RAF Benson, Oxfordshire1330Photo ReconnaissanceSee archive report for further detailsKilledRunnymede Memorial. Panel 263
Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand

Born on the -1st July 1920 in Palmeston North. Educated at Palmeston North Boys High School. A civil servant for Births, Deaths and Marriages in Wellington. Served 2 years in the territorial army. Enlisted at Levin on the 02nd March 1941 as a pilot under training. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 11th April 1941. No. 2 Service Flying Training School 25th May 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 05th July 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 16th Augusdt 1941.

Embarked for Singapore on the 15th September 1941. Joined 242 squadron flying the Buffalo in October 1941Evacuated to NewZealand via Australia in March 1942. After serving with various units embarked for England on the 21st August 1943. Joined 540 squadron on the 13th June 1944. A total of 831 flying hours logged. 39 operational sorties.

Son of Robert James Boyd and Minnie Boyd (née Diepenhelm), of Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.

3486 BoydeRussellSergeant1479287Air/BmrRAFVRBomber Command166Sqn
1944-03-24LancasterIME635AS-CRAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire1835Berlin See archive report for further information KilledBerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Collective Grave 5.B.17-22 Read Archive Report
3487 BoydeDonald Clark2nd LieutenantPilot OfficerO-6955721917AmericanNavigatorUSAAF8th Air Force850th Bombardment Squadron (H), 801st Bombardment Group (H) (Provisional)1944-07-18B-24H42-51187:RHarrington (Station #179), Northamptonshire, EnglandCarpetbaggerSee Archive report for detailsKilledRepatriated at interred at the Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum, Beaver County, PennsylvaniaCollided with Halifax V LL364 138Sqn (Special)
3488 BoydellJ C BFlight SergeantRAAFBomber Command463Sqn RAAF
1944-07-18LancasterIIILM551JO-GWaddington2253RevignyCrashed Canal de MarneKilledCholoy War Cemetery France
3489 BoydellJohn Charles BroughtonFlight Sergeant430247AustraliaRAAF463Sqn RAAF
1944-07-19RAAF Honour Roll
3490 BoydonRonald Arthur BlakeSergeant W/Op Air Gunner1435862RAFVRBomber Command207Sqn
1944-01-20LancasterIR5895EM-BRAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire2011Magdeburg Shot down by night fighter - crashed Dannigkow KilledBerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. Grave 5.B.29. Read Archive Report
3491 BoyerM WSergeantRCAFBomber Command425Sqn RCAF
1944-03-24HalifaxIIILW425KW-VTholthorpe1852BerlinCrashed SeydaKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War CemeteryParadie Archive DatabaseFirst French Canadian squadron
3492 BoyesL CFlying OfficerBomber Command12Sqn
1944-06-29LancasterILL910PH-AWickenby1212SiracourtCrashed at Troisvaux {Pas-de-Calais}PoW
3493 BoyesJohn AlfredSergeant1621546Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command51 Sqn
1944-08-12HalifaxIIIMZ349MH:USnaith21:09BraunschweigSee Archive report for detailsPoW No. 554, Stalag Luft 7
3494 BoyesHFlight SergeantBomber Command76Sqn
1944-01-21HalifaxVLK922MP-LHolme on Spalding Moor2006MagdeburgCrashed at HelmstedtKilledBerlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
3495 BoyesHaskellSergeant15041483AmericanBall TurretUSAAF8th Air Force600th Bomber Squadron (398th Bombardment Group (H))1944-04-10B-17G43-38853N8:LNuthampstead (Station #131), Hertfordshire, EnglandOranienburg (Mission #938), Berlin, GermanySee Archive report for detailsPoW Unknown camp
3496 BoykowskiWalter AlexanderStaff Sergeant1317128010th August 1923 in Pittock, Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaAmericanTail GunnerPH

USAAF8th Air Force862nd Bomber Squadron (493rd Bombardment Group (H))1944-06-29B-24 Little WarriorH42-94812Issued but not displayedDebach airfield (Station #152), Suffolk, EnglandFallersleben (Mission #447), GermanySee Archive report for detailsKilledRepatriated on the 17th June 1949 and interred at the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia in Section 34, Grave 1486
3497 BoylanMichael JosephPilot Officer187754Age 19Flight EngineerRAFVRBomber Command432Sqn RCAF
1944-12-17HalifaxIINP699QO-ORAF East Moor, Yorkshire600DuisburgSee archive report for further detailsKilledLeopoldsburg War Cemetery: VIII.B.11. Read Archive Report
3498 BoyleBrian PhillipFlight SergeantAUS/424729Air GunnerRAAFBomber Command103Sqn
1944-03-30LancasterIIIJB736PM-NRAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire2116Nurnberg See archive report for full details KilledRheinberg War Cemetery. Grave 10.E.6 Read Archive Report
3499 BoyleJ JWarrant OfficerRAAFBomber Command463Sqn RAAF
1944-10-28LancasterIIIND332JO-SWaddington2217BergenKilledRunnymede
3500 BoyleErnest ElroySergeantR212731CanadianAir GunnerRCAFBomber Command101 Sqn
1944-07-20LancasterILL862SR:KRAF Ludford Magna22:50HombergSee Archive report for further detailsKilledAdegem Canadian War Cemetery. Grave XI. G. 4Paradie Archive Database

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