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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
3451	Boyce	William George	Flight Sergeant		421239		Australia			RAAF		460Sqn RAAF	1944-04-10												RAAF Honour Roll
3452	Boyce	Richard Francis	Flying Officer		413520		Australia			RAAF		78Sqn RAAF	1944-10-29												RAAF Honour Roll
3453	Boyce	Ernest Avery	Flight Lieutenant			1915 Bristol		Pilot	DFC 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, Malta, 50th Anniversary Medal	RAFVR		42Sqn 86Sqn 203Sqn 69Sqn										Survived war. Died Frenchay Hospital Bristol Sep 1993				Flew in over 30 different types of aircraft, undertook 2,553 hours and 50 minutes of flying hours during the Second War, and flew at least 164 operational sorties - many of which were with 69 Squadron, whilst based at Luqa, Malta DFC Citation 7 Jan 1944: ‘Flight Lieutenant Boyce is a pilot of Number 69 (G.R.) Squadron, and has now completed one hundred and fifty operational sorties involving a total of six hundred and ninety four hours flying. Since his arrival on Malta on 24th April 1943, he has flown forty eight sorties with a total of two hundred hours flying. This officer has been engaged in the Mediterranean theatre of operations continuously since 9th June 1941. Operating from the Middle East with Blenheim, Maryland and Baltimore aircraft he took part in many offensive operations, including low level shipping strikes and patrols. During his tour of duty in Malta his work on anti-submarine patrol has been of the highest value to Allied convoys. Flight Lieutenant Boyce’s flying ability has always been of the highest and he has spared no effort to ensure that each task allotted to him is carried out to a satisfactory conclusion. By his example and enthusiasm for operations this officer has proved himself an invaluable member of the Squadron. ’ educated at South Bristol Central School. Enlisted for air crew in 1939, commissioned in 1942. Act. Flt. Lt. Boyce is the second of three brothers in the RAF and Fleet Air Arm, the youngest of whom, Sgt. A.G. Pter Boyce, was a PoW in Germany. A son of Mr and Mrs T. G. Boyce, Flt. Lt. Boyce, was a fitter with Bristol Gas Co. before entering the RAF a few months before the war. Went to the Middle East. Has made a dozen operational flights. He is well known in Bristol sporting circles, being a keen track runner with the Imperial Club, and boxing champion of South Central School.’ Boyce joined the RAFVR in March 1939, and carried out his initial pilot training at No. 33 and No. 11 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training Schools. He was posted for operational flying to 42 Squadron (Beauforts), Thorney Island, in May 1940. Boyce flew in one operational sortie with the Squadron, which was the bombing raid on Vaernes Airfield, Norway, 20 June 1940. After postings to No. 1 School of General Reconnaissance, No. 1 O.T.U., Silloth and to the Coastal O.T.U. at Chivenor, Boyce was posted to 86 Squadron (Blenheims), Gosport in February 1941. The Squadron were engaged in convoy escorts duties off the East Anglian coast from the end of March 1941. Boyce flew on a number of escorts before being posted overseas for service with 203 Squadron. Having flown via Gibraltar and Malta, Boyce joined his new squadron at Kabrit, Egypt during the first week of June 1941. He flew Blenheims in a large number of reconnaissance missions over the Mediterranean, and advanced to Warrant Officer in October of 1941. Boyce was commissioned Pilot Officer in March 1942, and continued to be engaged on anti-submarine and shipping patrols - now in Marylands. Boyce was posted to No. 2 Aircraft Delivery Unit in August 1942, and flew a large number of aircraft across Africa over the following months. Boyce advanced to Flying Officer, and returned to operational flying with 203 Squadron (Baltimores) in February 1943. He briefly commanded ‘A’ Flight, before transferring to 69 Squadron (Baltimores) at Luqa, Malta, in April 1943. Boyce flew a large number of shipping reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrols between April - December 1943. He married a Maltese girl during his posting, 17 July 1944. Having advanced to Flight Lieutenant in June 1943, Boyce returned to the UK and was posted as a pilot to Ferry Command Pool at Melton Mowbray in January 1944. After a number of postings, Boyce undertook a course to qualify as an instructor at No. 3 Instructors School, Lulsgate, from October - November 1944. Subsequent postings included the Empire Flying School, Hullavington; 105 O.T.U., Bramcote; No.. 1381 Transport Conversion Unit, Desborough; and No. 1383 Transport Conversion Unit. Boyce was posted to the Metropolitan Communication Squadron in March 1946, and his final posting was to the R.A.F. Establishment Transport Flight at Farnborough in May 1948 (awarded the Air Efficiency Award in March 1946). He left the service in December 1948, and subsequently joined 2152 Squadron, Air Training Corps at Filton, Bristol, in 1955. During his career he flew in over 30 different types of aircraft, undertook 2,553 hours and 50 minutes of flying hours during the Second War, and flew at least 164 operational sorties.
3454	Boyd	R H	Warrant Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	ND905	PM-B	Elsham Wolds	2158	Mailly-le-Camp	Crashed Villers-le-Chateau {Marne}	Killed	Villers-le-Chateau Churchyard
3455	Boyd	R T R	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1944-12-17	Lancaster	I	PD215	PO-	Waddington	1638	Munchen	Collided with 50 Sqn Lancaster & abandoned near Chalons-sr-Marne
3456	Boyd	N C	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	90Sqn	1944-12-23	Lancaster	I	HE664	WP-V	Tuddenham	1146	Trier	Exploded over Hamm	Killed	Runnymede
3457	Boyd	George Patrick	Sergeant		1290787	Age 24		W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	61Sqn	1944-10-14	Lancaster	I	ME595	QR-Y	RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire	2251	Braunschweig	See archive report for further details	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery. Grave 2.G.15			Read Archive Report
3458	Boyd	Donald McMillan	P/O		J/91105			Air Bombadier		RCAF	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-09-11	Lancaster	I	PD283	LE-G	East Kirkby	2044	Darmstadt	Crashed at Schmidthachenbach	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Burial Plot Coll. grave 8. D. 6-10.		Paradie Archive Database	Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 2 It is possible that this aircraft was shot down by Hptm Kurt Fladrich (9./NJG4) Hunsruck, NE-N (RP-RO) at 4,200m. Time 00:20. If this is correct then it would be his 15th kill. See Kracker Archive on this site (Additional information from John Jones)
3459	Boyd	William James Victor	Flight Sergeant		428303			Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	75 Sqn RNZAF	1944-09-11	Lancaster	I	LM268	AA:D	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	19:35	Gardening	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Svino Churchyard. Collective grave 88				Read Archive Report
3460	Boyd	F	Sergeant								Bomber Command	158Sqn	1944-03-30	Halifax	III	HX322	NP-B	Lissett	2149	Nurnberg	Crashed Caumont	Killed	Caumont Churchyard
3461	Boyd	J T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-05-08	Lancaster	I	ME806	AS-J2	Kirmington	1425	Pauillac	Collided with 166 Sqn Lancaster PD227 outbound & crashed	Killed	Runnymede
3462	Boyd	T	Sergeant		1340800			Engineer			Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-01-28	Halifax	V	LK963	SE-H	Croft	2348	Berlin	Claim by Lt Bruno Heilig Stab NJG2 at 04:30. XI Luftgau crash report “Halifax 04:30 Webelsfelde 20km North West Schwerin NJ” Aircraft crashed 500m South West of the outskirts of Webelsfelde	PoW No. 1255, Stalag 357 Kopernikus
3463	Boyd	G K	Flight Lieutenant						DFC		Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-01-30	Lancaster	III	DS706	JI-G	Waterbeach	1723	Berlin		Killed	Runnymede
3464	Boyd	Ronald Howard	Warrant Officer		416041		Australia			RAAF		103Sqn RAF	1944-05-04												RAAF Honour Roll
3465	Boyd	Leslie Cyril	Leading Aircraftman		40014		Australia			RAAF		3 W/T Station Batchelor	1944-01-23												RAAF Honour Roll
3466	Boyd	Roy Vincent	Flight Sergeant		421786		Australia			RAAF		58Sqn RAF	1944-08-21												RAAF Honour Roll
3467	Boyd	Norman Collis	Flight Sergeant		430112		Australia			RAAF		90Sqn RAF	1944-12-23												RAAF Honour Roll
3468	Boyd	Warren D	1st Lt		O-750525		USA	Pilot		USAAF	364th Fighter Group	383rd Fighter Squadron	1944-09-28	P-38 Lightning (P-51 Mustang mid 1944)							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3469	Boyd	William Edward	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-706791		American	Bombardier		USAAF	8th Air Force	305th Bombardment Group (H), 365th Bombardment Squadron (H)	1944-07-21	B-17	G	42-97350	XK:?	Chelveston (Station #105), Northamptonshire, England		Schweinfurt (Mission #486), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, unknown camp					Archive Report
3470	Boyd	A. Nelles	Sergeant		R/212438		Canada	Air/Gnr		RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1944-04-08	Halifax	III	LW436	WL-Y	RAF Croft, Yorkshire	1029	Bois de Cassan	See archive report for further brief details provided by John Jones	Evader			Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
3471	Boyd	Richard Edwin	Flight Lieutenant		133418	Age ?	British	Pilot	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1946-04-11	Avro York	685 I	MW252	-	RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk		Training	See archive report for further details	Seriously injured - survived		Courtesy Timothy Trimble		Richard Boyd was born in London, England and was a member of the RAF Air Training Corps before joining the RAF air crew. Assigned to the United States, in 1942 received his US Army Air Corps Wings. Richard graduated from the US Air Corps Training School as an instructor (1943). Richard flew the following aircraft in training. Tiger Moth(UK). Primary Training PT-17. Basic Training BT-13. Advanced Training. AT-6. Curtiss AT-9. Beechcraft AT-10. During 1944-1945 he returned to England and was assigned to the 3 Group Bomber Command / 195 Squadron.	Read Archive Report on this incident
3472	Boyd	Kenneth Leslie	Warrant Officer		NZ/411381	Age 24	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Coastal Command	540Sqn	1944-08-21	Mosquito	PR.XVI	MM360	-	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire	1330	Photo Reconnaissance	See archive report for further details	Killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 263	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand		Born on the -1st July 1920 in Palmeston North. Educated at Palmeston North Boys High School. A civil servant for Births, Deaths and Marriages in Wellington. Served 2 years in the territorial army. Enlisted at Levin on the 02nd March 1941 as a pilot under training. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 11th April 1941. No. 2 Service Flying Training School 25th May 1941. Pilot badge awarded on the 05th July 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 16th Augusdt 1941. Embarked for Singapore on the 15th September 1941. Joined 242 squadron flying the Buffalo in October 1941Evacuated to NewZealand via Australia in March 1942. After serving with various units embarked for England on the 21st August 1943. Joined 540 squadron on the 13th June 1944. A total of 831 flying hours logged. 39 operational sorties. Son of Robert James Boyd and Minnie Boyd (née Diepenhelm), of Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.	Read Archive Report on this incident
3473	Boyde	Russell	Sergeant		1479287			Air/Bmr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-03-24	Lancaster	I	ME635	AS-C	RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire	1835	Berlin	See archive report for further information	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Collective Grave 5.B.17-22			Read Archive Report
3474	Boyde	Donald Clark	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-695572	1917	American	Navigator		USAAF	8th Air Force	850th Bombardment Squadron (H), 801st Bombardment Group (H) (Provisional)	1944-07-18	B-24	H	42-51187	:R	Harrington (Station #179), Northamptonshire, England		Carpetbagger	See Archive report for details	Killed	Repatriated at interred at the Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum, Beaver County, Pennsylvania			Collided with Halifax V LL364 138Sqn (Special)	Archive Report
3475	Boydell	J C B	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-07-18	Lancaster	III	LM551	JO-G	Waddington	2253	Revigny	Crashed Canal de Marne	Killed	Choloy War Cemetery France
3476	Boydell	John Charles Broughton	Flight Sergeant		430247		Australia			RAAF		463Sqn RAAF	1944-07-19												RAAF Honour Roll
3477	Boydon	Ronald Arthur Blake	Sergeant W/Op Air Gunner		1435862					RAFVR	Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-01-20	Lancaster	I	R5895	EM-B	RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire	2011	Magdeburg	Shot down by night fighter - crashed Dannigkow	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. Grave 5.B.29.			Read Archive Report
3478	Boyer	M W	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	LW425	KW-V	Tholthorpe	1852	Berlin	Crashed Seyda	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
3479	Boyes	L C	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	12Sqn	1944-06-29	Lancaster	I	LL910	PH-A	Wickenby	1212	Siracourt	Crashed at Troisvaux {Pas-de-Calais}	PoW
3480	Boyes	John Alfred	Sergeant		1621546			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	51 Sqn	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	MZ349	MH:U	Snaith	21:09	Braunschweig	See Archive report for details	PoW No. 554, Stalag Luft 7					Read Archive Report
3481	Boyes	H	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	76Sqn	1944-01-21	Halifax	V	LK922	MP-L	Holme on Spalding Moor	2006	Magdeburg	Crashed at Helmstedt	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
3482	Boyes	Haskell	Sergeant		15041483		American	Ball Turret		USAAF	8th Air Force	600th Bomber Squadron (398th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-04-10	B-17	G	43-38853	N8:L	Nuthampstead (Station #131), Hertfordshire, England		Oranienburg (Mission #938), Berlin, Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW Unknown camp					Archive Report
3483	Boykowski	Walter Alexander	Staff Sergeant		13171280	10th August 1923 in Pittock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	American	Tail Gunner	PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	862nd Bomber Squadron (493rd Bombardment Group (H))	1944-06-29	B-24 Little Warrior	H	42-94812	Issued but not displayed	Debach airfield (Station #152), Suffolk, England		Fallersleben (Mission #447), Germany	See Archive report for details	Killed	Repatriated on the 17th June 1949 and interred at the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia in Section 34, Grave 1486				Archive Report
3484	Boylan	Michael Joseph	Pilot Officer		187754	Age 19		Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-12-17	Halifax	II	NP699	QO-O	RAF East Moor, Yorkshire	600	Duisburg	See archive report for further details	Killed	Leopoldsburg War Cemetery: VIII.B.11.			Read Archive Report
3485	Boyle	Brian Phillip	Flight Sergeant		AUS/424729			Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	JB736	PM-N	RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire	2116	Nurnberg	See archive report for full details	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery. Grave 10.E.6			Read Archive Report
3486	Boyle	J J	Warrant Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-10-28	Lancaster	III	ND332	JO-S	Waddington	2217	Bergen		Killed	Runnymede
3487	Boyle	Ernest Elroy	Sergeant		R212731		Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	101 Sqn	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	LL862	SR:K	RAF Ludford Magna	22:50	Homberg	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Adegem Canadian War Cemetery. Grave XI. G. 4		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
3488	Boyle	H V	Flying Officer		J/17745			Pilot		RCAF	Fighter	403Sqn RCAF	1944-08-17	Spitfire	IX	MK299				Recce	Crashed Trun	Killed	Castillon-En-Auge Churchyard France		Paradie Archive Database
3489	Boyle	M H	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	626Sqn	1944-12-31	Lancaster	III	PB561	UM-X2	Wickenby	1449	Osterfeld	Crash landed at Manston				Paradie Archive Database
3490	Boyle	E F	1st Lieutenant							USAAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-04-22	Halifax	III	MZ514	SE-P	Croft	2229	Dusseldorf	Crashed Veen	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
3491	Boyle	F P	Sergeant								Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-09-23	Lancaster	I	PD318	EM-J	Spilsby	1902	Munster		Killed	Apeldoorn {Ugchelen-Heidehof} General Cemetery
3492	Boyle	M I	Squadron Leader						DFC		Bomber Command	57Sqn	1944-04-26	Lancaster	I	ME679	DX-K	East Kirkby	2114	Schweinfurt	Collided with 44 Sqn Lancaster I LL920 KM-V and crashed Oberkirchen	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
3493	Boyle	S	Flying Officer						DFM		Bomber Command	83Sqn	1944-06-21	Lancaster	III	JB180	OL-T	Coningsby	2321	Wesseling		Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
3494	Boyle	Brian Phillip	Flight Sergeant		424729		Australia			RAAF		103Sqn RAF	1944-03-31												RAAF Honour Roll
3495	Boyle	John Joseph	Warrant Officer		423622		Australia			RAAF		463Sqn RAAF	1944-10-29												RAAF Honour Roll
3496	Boyle	Alan John	Pilot Officer		179549	Age 21		Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	88Sqn	1944-06-06	Boston	IIIA	BZ243	RH-N			Smokescreen	See archive report for further brief details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 210.			Son of John Lewis Boyle and Florence Isabel Boyle, of Jersey, Channel Islands	Some information here: Read Archive Report
3497	Boyle	Alfred R	1st Lt		O-740355		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	363rd Fighter Squadron	1944-02-21	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3498	Boyle	Herbert L	2nd Lt		O-687227		USA	Pilot		USAAF	78th Fighter Group	84th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-19	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3499	Boyle	Mark K	1st Lt		O-799063		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1944-04-13	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
3500	Boyle	William J	1st Lt		O-668187		USA	Pilot		USAAF	10th Photographic Group	161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron	1944-10-07	P-51 Mustang							2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)