Donald Morris Boyd
MilitaryPhoto received from Boyd's daughter Linda
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30202. Initially evaded with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Sheltered in many places, notably in Antwerp and Brussels, he was caught in a trap and arrested by the Gestapo on 4 September 1943. Prisoner of War (POW). See his evasion story at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fboyddm.html
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-673572
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-325
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38188080
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34312218
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16074184
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Groveland, Livingston County, New York , USA | 4 March 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Rochester, New York | 7 October 1942 | |
Other Bailed out |
30 July 1943 | of 42-30202, over Belgium | |
Other Evaded (EVD) capture |
Belgium | 30 July 1943 - 4 September 1943 | with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance, after landing in parachute in Berlaar, near Lier (Antwerp Province), Belgium |
Other Captured |
4 September 1943 | probably in Antwerp, by the Gestapo and upon denunciation | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Austria | 4 September 1943 | Sent to the Luftwaffe Interrogation Center Dulag Luft in Oberürsel near Frankfurt, then interned at Stalag 17B (XVIIB) in Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW records: "Returned to Military Control 27 June 1945." |
Died |
Dansville, Livingston County, New York, USA | 1 February 2015 | |
Dansville, Livingston County, New York | |||
Buried |
Dansville, Livingston County, New York, USA | Holy Cross Cemetery |
Revisions
Updated event locations using info in the event descriptions.
Added a connection to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
MACR 3125
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
RAMP report
Contacts with daughter Linda
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3125 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database