Boyd Charles Picking

Military
media-50700.jpeg UPL 50700 Sgt Boyd C. Picking, 91BG

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Object Number - UPL 50700 - Sgt Boyd C. Picking, 91BG

Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Time's A-Wastin'" of the 91st Bomb Group.

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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Times A-Wastin
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lynch, NE 24 June 1918 Son of Frederick Bernard and Bertha Elizabeth [Bishop] Picking.

Enlisted

14 October 1941 Fort Lewis Washington

Died

3 January 2004

Buried

Pine Grove Cemetery Hood River, Hood River County, OR 6 January 2004 Pine Grove Cemetery Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon

Based

Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Boyd Charles Picking: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 50650 - On the left is Assistant Crew Chief Boyd Picking...

Object number: UPL 50700 - Sgt Boyd C. Picking, 91BG

Object number: UPL 7368 - Boyd Picking(?) and Roy Fratz with Times A-Wastin'...