Donald Bernard Boyle
MilitaryAssigned to 748BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Damaged by flak and crashed in Switzerland on 12-Jul-44 in B-17 42-31552 Prisoner of War (POW)
Awards: POW, EAME, WWII Victory
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18043191 / O-758456
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: My Buddy
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ashland, Wisconsin | 14 February 1924 | Born Ashland, Wisconsin |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland | 12 July 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft IV |
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Died |
17 November 1989 | ||
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Buried |
Saint Agnes Cemetery Ashland, Wisconsin | 20 November 1989 | Interred Saint Agnes Cemetery Ashland, Wisconsin |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
1993 457th BGA Roster/ MACR 6926 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia