Harold E Boling

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22738.jpeg UPL 22738

Object Number - UPL 22738

Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in the collision with B-17 43-38133 in poor weather over Thurleigh on return from Hannover mission. Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17097123 / O-816510
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Two 306th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses collided in mid-air in heavy fog over Thurleigh airbase after returning from a mission; both were destroyed with all hands lost. Handwritten caption on reverse: '55819.' Printed caption on reverse: '55819 AC - Returning from a daylight bombing assault on important synthetic oil plants and key communications centers just behind von Rundstedt's lines, two B-17 Flying Fortresses collide in mid-air and disintegrate. None of the crews of either plane escaped. The fat
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: My Achin B
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 22 October 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Benjamin, Harrison, IN 31 December 1941

Died

Thurleigh, UK 22 October 1944 Killed in the collision with B-17 43-38133 in poor weather over Thurleigh on return from Hannover mission. KIA.

Buried

23 October 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 7 Grave 43

Born

Decatur County, IN

Based

Thurleigh 22 October 1944 Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 170.

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