John Evans Boyett Jr

Military

John 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

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi

Events

Event Location Date Description

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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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.