Earl J Boies
Military ROLL OF HONOURTop Turret Gunner/Engineer Technical Sgt Earl J Boies was Killed In Action flying his fourth and final mission to the synthetic rubber plant located at Hulls Germany on June 22, 1943.
Enemy aircraft attacked the formation at approximately 09:15AM just prior to their reaching the IP of their bomb run. His B17F 42-29946 was damaged by 20 mm cannon fire causing the aircraft to spin, tumble and crash.
He was last seen by Lloyd Donelson, LT Waist gunner, who reported that Boies was sitting on the base of the top turret in good position for escape but he did not bail out. Apparently not injured Boise was dazed due to a loss of oxygen and the centrifugal force of the tumbling ship. As Donelson exited the aircraft Boies waved good bye.
Boies is buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery Belgium.
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
- Date: 13 June 1943
- Date: 11 June 1943
- Date: 29 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 15 December 1941 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 22 June 1943 | |
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Born |
California, USA | ||
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Buried |
Plot B Row 11 Grave 16 |
Revisions
NARA Enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=ear…
ABMC record: https://www.abmc.gov/node/543972#.V5ITa01TGM8
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1294 / MACR 1294; The 379th Bombardier Group Anthology, pg 265 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database