Billy B Boyer

Military

B-24H #42-52587 'Shoo Shoo Baby' crashed near Lake Belterwijde, Holland after colliding with another aircraft on a mission to Achmer airfield, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Evaded (EVD).



POW



MACR # 3455

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert L Garrett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803596
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52587

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shoo Shoo Baby
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Lubbock, TX, USA 8 May 1941

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 23 March 1944 - 1 June 1945 Stalag Luft I

Died

Greenville, SC, USA 2 November 2004 Billy B. Boyer, 84, of Bellaire Place, Greenville, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004. Born in Duncan County, Okla., he was the son of the late Oscar and Ada Boyer. He was the husband of the late Marian (Sargent) Boyer. During World War II, he was a first lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps as a bomber pilot. He spent 16 months in a POW camp after being shot down in 1944. He was a member of the American Legion, Ex POW Club of Greenville, Disabled Veterans Association, and Booster of the Red Cross. He was a member of Lee Road Baptist Church in Taylors. Surviving are a daughter, Sue B., and her husband, Jack Davis, of Greenville; a son, Donald E., and his wife, Margaret Boyer, of Fresno, Calif.; three grandchildren, Donna, and her husband, Jay Coggins, Mike, and his wife, Cindy Davis, Nathan, and his wife, Leanne Boyer; and six great-grandchildren.

Buried

Greenville, SC, USA 5 November 2004 Woodlawn Memorial Park Greenville Greenville County South Carolina, USA Plot: Garden of Hope

Born

Duncan, OK, USA
Findlay, OH 45840, USA Route #5

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https://www.fold3.com/image/1/28646610

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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1475915
"Officers of Attlebridge" booklet - page 5

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3455 / MACR 3455, Losses of th 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database