Boyd served as a Private First Class, 86th Airdrome Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Garfield County, Utah prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on December 22, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Boyd was a passenger on C-47 #41-7793 that was assigned to the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force.
C-47 #41-7793 took off, with a crew of 4 & 11 passengers, from Chabua, India on a Ferrying & Cargo mission to Calcutta, India. After takeoff they were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew and all passengers were lost.
Boyd was declared "Missing In Action" on this flight during the war.
Service # 39905149
Boyd also has a "Cenotaph" in the Panguitch City Cemetery, Panguitch, Utah.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Crew who perished on C-47 # 41-7793:
Chipman, Robert P ~ Corp, Engineer, MA
Downey, Thomas J ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WV
Trammell, Joseph W ~ Capt, Pilot, SC
Welch, Charles O ~ Corp, Radio Operator, IN
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Passengers who perished on C-47 # 41-7793:
Brazee, Edward A ~ Sgt, MI
Brown, A ~ Corp, British, RAF
Buckner, George F ~ Pfc, NY
Dwyer, Frank P ~ 1st Lt, MI
Gustafson, Cyril W ~ T/4, ND
Manuel, Dudley A ~ Pvt, MI
Martinez, Joel A ~ 2nd Lt, NM
Rea, Earl R ~ T/5, KS
Riding, Boyd E ~ Pfc, UT
Smith, Robbie W ~ Pvt, VA
Swank, Donald M ~ Pvt, IN
( Bio, Crew List, & Passenger List by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: B24CoPilotNiece
for submitting this record for bio updates!
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He resided in Garfield County, Utah prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on December 22, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Boyd was a passenger on C-47 #41-7793 that was assigned to the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force.
C-47 #41-7793 took off, with a crew of 4 & 11 passengers, from Chabua, India on a Ferrying & Cargo mission to Calcutta, India. After takeoff they were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew and all passengers were lost.
Boyd was declared "Missing In Action" on this flight during the war.
Service # 39905149
Boyd also has a "Cenotaph" in the Panguitch City Cemetery, Panguitch, Utah.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Crew who perished on C-47 # 41-7793:
Chipman, Robert P ~ Corp, Engineer, MA
Downey, Thomas J ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WV
Trammell, Joseph W ~ Capt, Pilot, SC
Welch, Charles O ~ Corp, Radio Operator, IN
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Passengers who perished on C-47 # 41-7793:
Brazee, Edward A ~ Sgt, MI
Brown, A ~ Corp, British, RAF
Buckner, George F ~ Pfc, NY
Dwyer, Frank P ~ 1st Lt, MI
Gustafson, Cyril W ~ T/4, ND
Manuel, Dudley A ~ Pvt, MI
Martinez, Joel A ~ 2nd Lt, NM
Rea, Earl R ~ T/5, KS
Riding, Boyd E ~ Pfc, UT
Smith, Robbie W ~ Pvt, VA
Swank, Donald M ~ Pvt, IN
( Bio, Crew List, & Passenger List by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: B24CoPilotNiece
for submitting this record for bio updates!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Boyd served as a Private First Class, 86th Airdrome Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Garfield County, Utah prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on December 22, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Boyd was a passenger on C-47 #41-7793 that was assigned to the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force.
C-47 #41-7793 took off, with a crew of 4 & 11 passengers, from Chabua, India on a Ferrying & Cargo mission to Calcutta, India. After takeoff they were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew and all passengers were lost.
Boyd was declared "Missing In Action" on this flight during the war.
Service # 39905149
Boyd also has a "Cenotaph" in the Panguitch City Cemetery, Panguitch, Utah.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Crew who perished on C-47 # 41-7793:
Chipman, Robert P ~ Corp, Engineer, MA
Downey, Thomas J ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WV
Trammell, Joseph W ~ Capt, Pilot, SC
Welch, Charles O ~ Corp, Radio Operator, IN
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Passengers who perished on C-47 # 41-7793:
Brazee, Edward A ~ Sgt, MI
Brown, A ~ Corp, British, RAF
Buckner, George F ~ Pfc, NY
Dwyer, Frank P ~ 1st Lt, MI
Gustafson, Cyril W ~ T/4, ND
Manuel, Dudley A ~ Pvt, MI
Martinez, Joel A ~ 2nd Lt, NM
Rea, Earl R ~ T/5, KS
Riding, Boyd E ~ Pfc, UT
Smith, Robbie W ~ Pvt, VA
Swank, Donald M ~ Pvt, IN
( Bio, Crew List, & Passenger List by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: B24CoPilotNiece
for submitting this record for bio updates!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Garfield County, Utah prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on December 22, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Boyd was a passenger on C-47 #41-7793 that was assigned to the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force.
C-47 #41-7793 took off, with a crew of 4 & 11 passengers, from Chabua, India on a Ferrying & Cargo mission to Calcutta, India. After takeoff they were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew and all passengers were lost.
Boyd was declared "Missing In Action" on this flight during the war.
Service # 39905149
Boyd also has a "Cenotaph" in the Panguitch City Cemetery, Panguitch, Utah.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Crew who perished on C-47 # 41-7793:
Chipman, Robert P ~ Corp, Engineer, MA
Downey, Thomas J ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WV
Trammell, Joseph W ~ Capt, Pilot, SC
Welch, Charles O ~ Corp, Radio Operator, IN
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Passengers who perished on C-47 # 41-7793:
Brazee, Edward A ~ Sgt, MI
Brown, A ~ Corp, British, RAF
Buckner, George F ~ Pfc, NY
Dwyer, Frank P ~ 1st Lt, MI
Gustafson, Cyril W ~ T/4, ND
Manuel, Dudley A ~ Pvt, MI
Martinez, Joel A ~ 2nd Lt, NM
Rea, Earl R ~ T/5, KS
Riding, Boyd E ~ Pfc, UT
Smith, Robbie W ~ Pvt, VA
Swank, Donald M ~ Pvt, IN
( Bio, Crew List, & Passenger List by: Russ Pickett )
Special thanks to: B24CoPilotNiece
for submitting this record for bio updates!
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