Boyd Boggess Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Emden mission 11-Dec-43 in B-24 41-24232 'Calaban' ; A/C hit by falling bombs, crashed near the Emden estuary. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1653
Awards: PH.
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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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798225
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Calaban
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Richland, Virginia | 30 September 1920 | Son of Boyd Snr and Lelia Judson [Mackey] Boggess. |
Enlisted |
Abingdon, VA | 25 September 1942 | |
Died |
Emden estuary, Germany | 11 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Emden mission 11-Dec-43 in B-24 41-24232 'Calaban' ; A/C hit by falling bombs, crashed near the Emden estuary. KIA. MACR 1653 |
Buried |
Wittmund, Germany | 20 January 1944 | Interred Wittmund cemetery, Germany |
Buried |
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery and Mausoleum, Richlands, VA | Re-Interred Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery and Mausoleum Richlands, Tazewell County, VA | |
Based |
Shipdham | 11 December 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1653