John Evans Boyett Jr
MilitaryJohn BOYETT Jr was a Left Waist gunner in the 463rd Bomb Group / 775th Bomb Squadron (15th Air Force), in Italy. He was on board B-17 # 42-31685 on the 10 May 1944 mission to the Wiener Neustadt aircraft factory, Austria. Made a Prisoner of War (POW) - Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4660.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 32719960
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Service Numbers: O-750952
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 19005031 and O-751540
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 12120237 and O-814293
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Service Numbers: 32751474
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Goodwell, Oklahoma, United States | 19 January 1923 | the son of John E. Boyett and Eunice (Love) Boyett |
Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | 14 January 1943 | |
Other Made a Prisoner of War (POW) |
Schrattenbach, Austria | 10 May 1944 | Captured at noon near Schrattenbach, ±6km North of Vöstenhof |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland | 10 May 1944 - 2 May 1945 | Interned at Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow / Tychowo, Poland. Liberated on 2 May 1945 by the Russians. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 9 June 1945”. |
Died |
Amarillo, Texas, United States | 23 July 2012 | |
Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma, United States | |||
Buried |
Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Texas, United States |
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Sources
MACR 4660
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
"Searching for Stanley - Unforgotten Hero of World War II", by Kay Hughes, niece and Harold E. Dwyer, brother, of Pilot Stanley N. Dwyer (iUniverse books - 2011)
Contacts with the Stanley Dwyer family.