Joseph Victor Boros

Military
media-7385.jpeg UPL 7385 1LT Joseph V. Boros
Navigator
Crew #402
Walter Hoyle Crew

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7385 - 1LT Joseph V. Boros Navigator Crew #402 Walter Hoyle Crew

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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

Walter E Hoyle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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

Born

Sourh Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana 8 March 1916

Enlisted

Spokane, WA 24 July 1942 Enlisted at Geiger Field, Spokane WA into US Army Air Corps.

Died

Tekoa, WA 99033, USA 24 March 2008

Buried

Tekoa, WA 99033, USA 29 March 2008 Goldenrod Cemetery Tekoa Whitman County Washington, USA
Tekoa, WA 99033, USA Box 85

Revisions

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Cleaned up entry mistakes, removed redundant info.

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US Federal Census Records, 1920, 1930 & 1940 (NARA):Find A Grave records; BIRLS File (military burial records); WWII Draft Registration Cards (NARA)

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p 343

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