Joseph James Boylan

Military

Assigned to 573BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. 61 x missions flown. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany. Shot down by Fw190's pulling away from target, left engine smoking, right engine on reduced power, fire in radio compartment, crew bailed out. 7 x Prisoner of War (POW) 23-Dec-44. MACR 11662.



Awards: SS, PH (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: Remained in USAF till discharged in 1946, having risen to the rank of Major, in civvy street he became an executive for 30 years at TRW in El Segundo, California. After his retirement from TRW, he went into real estate development in California.

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Units served with

An airman of the 391st Bomb Group wearing a service dress jacket and kilt. Written on slide casing: '391 BG.'

391st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-95825

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Easy Dog 99
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 573rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95865) nicknamed "Sky Hag" of the 391st Bomb Group.

757

  • Date: 23 December 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Matching airfield looking south, the technical site is on the left, 19 July 1948. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/62.English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Matching

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Matching Green

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Waterbury, CT, USA 16 November 1921 Son of Joseph Patrick and Helen Pasha Boylan.

Enlisted

Hartford, CT, USA 27 January 1942

Other

Shot down

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany. Shot down by Fw190's pulling away from target, left engine smoking, right engine on reduced power, fire in radio compartment, bailed out. POW 23-Dec-44. MACR 11662.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 23 December 1944 - 2 May 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

West Palm Beach, FL, USA 19 February 2009

Buried

11 May 2009 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA

Based

Matching 23 December 1944 Assigned to 573BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF.
Vero Beach, FL, USA
Pinehurst, NC, USA
New Haven County, CT, USA

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