Reuel Clair Boring
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 28 September 1944.
Lindsey Breckenridge
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. 29-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97219 later named 'Reuel's Revenge' by pilot Bornuccelli Veter. The mission pilot Miller and Sgt Boring were hit by flak and killed by flak during the mission to Berlin, but the aircraft was able to return to base. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (OLC), 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: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20745583 / O-747463
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Reuel's Revenge
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cherry Tree, PA | 13 February 1921 | Son of Norris Cameron and Eva B [Finley] Boring. |
Enlisted |
Altoona, PA, USA | 23 January 1943 | Altoona, Pennsylvania |
Enlisted |
Altoona, PA | 23 January 1943 | Altoona, Pennsylvania |
Died |
29 April 1944 | ||
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot E Row 1 Grave 64 |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56287946/reuel-clair-boring
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ABMC, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 649 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia