2nd Lieut. 347 AAF Fighter Sq. World War II
Killed in action after flying 23 patrols and 14 combat sorties.
Army Service No.(ASN): O-810652
"On 4 April, 1944, 2nd Lt. Milton Harber and wingman 2nd Lt. Robert T. Boyd, flying P-39s, disappeared while on a weather reconnaissance flight from Corsica to Italy on the deck. The return route would take the flight near Elba Island. Later learned that both crashed on Elba Island. It was reported that a few nights later someone heard on Axis radio, "We have letters belonging to a Lt. Boyd who flew a P-39". Both KIA." —- Contributor: Ernest Joe Harber (49685453)
Killed in action after flying 23 patrols and 14 combat sorties.
Army Service No.(ASN): O-810652
"On 4 April, 1944, 2nd Lt. Milton Harber and wingman 2nd Lt. Robert T. Boyd, flying P-39s, disappeared while on a weather reconnaissance flight from Corsica to Italy on the deck. The return route would take the flight near Elba Island. Later learned that both crashed on Elba Island. It was reported that a few nights later someone heard on Axis radio, "We have letters belonging to a Lt. Boyd who flew a P-39". Both KIA." —- Contributor: Ernest Joe Harber (49685453)
2nd Lieut. 347 AAF Fighter Sq. World War II
Killed in action after flying 23 patrols and 14 combat sorties.
Army Service No.(ASN): O-810652
"On 4 April, 1944, 2nd Lt. Milton Harber and wingman 2nd Lt. Robert T. Boyd, flying P-39s, disappeared while on a weather reconnaissance flight from Corsica to Italy on the deck. The return route would take the flight near Elba Island. Later learned that both crashed on Elba Island. It was reported that a few nights later someone heard on Axis radio, "We have letters belonging to a Lt. Boyd who flew a P-39". Both KIA." —- Contributor: Ernest Joe Harber (49685453)
Killed in action after flying 23 patrols and 14 combat sorties.
Army Service No.(ASN): O-810652
"On 4 April, 1944, 2nd Lt. Milton Harber and wingman 2nd Lt. Robert T. Boyd, flying P-39s, disappeared while on a weather reconnaissance flight from Corsica to Italy on the deck. The return route would take the flight near Elba Island. Later learned that both crashed on Elba Island. It was reported that a few nights later someone heard on Axis radio, "We have letters belonging to a Lt. Boyd who flew a P-39". Both KIA." —- Contributor: Ernest Joe Harber (49685453)
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