Lloyd D Boring

Military

Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 1 x shared [Air], 1 x kill [Ground] Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

A line-up of P-51 Mustang aircraft of the 55th Fighter Group. Printed on slide"270297 J2H31457 15"

44-14885

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Nervous Nell/Dizzy Jess
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron

44-15735

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Dizzy Jess
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Indiana, USA 14 November 1922 Son of Ara H and Minnie M Boring.

Enlisted

Lafayette, IN, USA 22 October 1942

Other

E/A Destroyed [shared]

Germany 27 February 1945 E/A destroyed [Shared] 27-Feb-45. Germany.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Chiemsee, Germany 16 April 1945 Blohm and Voss Ha140 destroyed [Ground] 16-Apr-45. Lake Chiem, Germany.

Died

Jefferson County, KY, USA 13 October 1992

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).

Other

Promoted

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Based

Wormingford Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.
Shelby County, IN, USA

Buried

Louisville, KY, USA Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list