Military
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 1 x combat missions. Shot down 16-Aug-1943 in B-17 42-29866. Evaded and returned (EVD/RTD)
Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 14 x combat missions. Co-pilot of B-17 42-29866 'Judy B' on Hamburg mission, when pilot Lt Willis C Carlisle was killed at controls. A/C fought off fighters whilst in uncontrolled plunge from 16,000ft to 3,500ft 25...
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 27/2/43; Sioux City 16/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-L] Kimbolton 21/4/43; Missing in Action Le Bourget 16/8/43 with Chas Biglar, Bombardier: John Boyle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Tyler,...
16 August 1943
This mission consists of two elements of B-17s despatched to bomb the German airfields of Le Bourget (Paris), Poix and Abbeville, France. The first element is a combined force of 180 B-17s from: 91BG (21); 92BG (17); 303BG (20); 305BG (20); 306BG (20);...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
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| Born | Elmwood Park, Illinois, USA | 3 January 1920 |
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Son of Everard and Elizabeth Boyle. |
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| Enlisted | Chicago, IL | 2 March 1942 |
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Chicago, Illinois |
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| Based | Kimbolton | 1943 – 16 August 1943 |
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Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out EVD | Le Bourget, France | 16 August 1943 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Le Bourget; Shot down 16-Aug-1943 in B-17 42-29866. Evaded and returned (EVD/RTD) MACR 1352 |
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| EVD | France | 16 August 1943 – November 1943 |
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Evaded capture (EVD) for 3 months. |
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| Died | Oshkosh, WI | 27 January 2013 |
| Buried | Irving Park Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, IL | February 2013 |
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Irving Park Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 31 July 2019 19:21:01 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84384031-john-t-boyle |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:16:40 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1352 / MACR 1352, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p, 234; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 274 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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