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S/Sgt Leslie L. Boyd
Birth: Feb 27, 1923, Merrick County, Nebraska, USA
Death: Jun 20, 1944, Hannover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Bio:
Staff Sergeant Leslie L. Boyd, Army serial number 37473244, was born in Merrick County, Nebraska on February 27, 1923. His parents were Cecil Leonard Boyd (11 Feb 1894 - unk) and Lavon M. (Barnum) Boyd (22 Jan 1896 - Dec 1977).
His father was an express office agent for the Union Pacific Railroad in Central City, Nebraska. He had three siblings: William N. 'Bill' Boyd (29 Jul 1921 - 26 Feb
2005), Maxine (Boyd) Dobb (abt 1917 - unk), and Barbara (Boyd) Hahn (abt Jan 1919 - unk). Leslie Boyd's home of record in 1944 was his mother's address at 218 West 2nd Street, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska.
He completed Army Air Forces radio school and was assigned as radio operator on the heavy bomber crew of Lt Thomas Womer. In December 1943, the Womer crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944, the Womer crew was assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There it completed B-24 combat crew
training, and deployed with the Group to England in March-April 1944. The crew flew B-24H 42-52662 overseas. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137, near the village of Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe.
Sometime after arrival at Station 137, he was reassigned to the crew of Lt Arthur D. Erwin in the 838th Bomb Squadron. S/Sgt Boyd and seven of his crew mates were killed in action on June 20, 1944, when their aircraft, B-24H 42-95217, was shot down by flak on the mission to bomb an oil refinery at Misburg, near Hannover, Germany.
After the war, his remains were returned to the United States and reinterred at Central City Cemetery in Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1920 and 1930 US Census; Nebraska; Merrick County
3. de Jong, Ivo. 'The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H)'. Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
4. Find A Grave: His mother, LaVon M. Boyd (1895 - 1977); a brother: William N. "Bill" Boyd (1921 - 2005)
5. Grand Island (NE) Independent. Obituary of William N. Boyd. 2 Mar 2005 (brother of Leslie L. Boyd)
(http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nemerric/olres/news/obits/obit2005.htm)
6. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. 'Special Orders Number 71'. 11 Mar 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon orders to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico, to Herington, Kansas, during the deployment to England)
7. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. 'Special Orders Number 1'. 1 Jan 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona, to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
8. Social Security Death Index
9. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 5935
10. U.S. War Department. 'World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel'. Washington, D.C., June 1946
11. World War I Draft Registration of Cecil Leonard Boyd (father of Leslie L. Boyd)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
S/Sgt Leslie L. Boyd
Birth: Feb 27, 1923, Merrick County, Nebraska, USA
Death: Jun 20, 1944, Hannover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Bio:
Staff Sergeant Leslie L. Boyd, Army serial number 37473244, was born in Merrick County, Nebraska on February 27, 1923. His parents were Cecil Leonard Boyd (11 Feb 1894 - unk) and Lavon M. (Barnum) Boyd (22 Jan 1896 - Dec 1977).
His father was an express office agent for the Union Pacific Railroad in Central City, Nebraska. He had three siblings: William N. 'Bill' Boyd (29 Jul 1921 - 26 Feb
2005), Maxine (Boyd) Dobb (abt 1917 - unk), and Barbara (Boyd) Hahn (abt Jan 1919 - unk). Leslie Boyd's home of record in 1944 was his mother's address at 218 West 2nd Street, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska.
He completed Army Air Forces radio school and was assigned as radio operator on the heavy bomber crew of Lt Thomas Womer. In December 1943, the Womer crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944, the Womer crew was assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There it completed B-24 combat crew
training, and deployed with the Group to England in March-April 1944. The crew flew B-24H 42-52662 overseas. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137, near the village of Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe.
Sometime after arrival at Station 137, he was reassigned to the crew of Lt Arthur D. Erwin in the 838th Bomb Squadron. S/Sgt Boyd and seven of his crew mates were killed in action on June 20, 1944, when their aircraft, B-24H 42-95217, was shot down by flak on the mission to bomb an oil refinery at Misburg, near Hannover, Germany.
After the war, his remains were returned to the United States and reinterred at Central City Cemetery in Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1920 and 1930 US Census; Nebraska; Merrick County
3. de Jong, Ivo. 'The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H)'. Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
4. Find A Grave: His mother, LaVon M. Boyd (1895 - 1977); a brother: William N. "Bill" Boyd (1921 - 2005)
5. Grand Island (NE) Independent. Obituary of William N. Boyd. 2 Mar 2005 (brother of Leslie L. Boyd)
(http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nemerric/olres/news/obits/obit2005.htm)
6. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. 'Special Orders Number 71'. 11 Mar 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon orders to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico, to Herington, Kansas, during the deployment to England)
7. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. 'Special Orders Number 1'. 1 Jan 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona, to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
8. Social Security Death Index
9. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 5935
10. U.S. War Department. 'World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel'. Washington, D.C., June 1946
11. World War I Draft Registration of Cecil Leonard Boyd (father of Leslie L. Boyd)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
Thanks to contributor #47577572;
S/Sgt Leslie L. Boyd
Birth: Feb 27, 1923, Merrick County, Nebraska, USA
Death: Jun 20, 1944, Hannover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Bio:
Staff Sergeant Leslie L. Boyd, Army serial number 37473244, was born in Merrick County, Nebraska on February 27, 1923. His parents were Cecil Leonard Boyd (11 Feb 1894 - unk) and Lavon M. (Barnum) Boyd (22 Jan 1896 - Dec 1977).
His father was an express office agent for the Union Pacific Railroad in Central City, Nebraska. He had three siblings: William N. 'Bill' Boyd (29 Jul 1921 - 26 Feb
2005), Maxine (Boyd) Dobb (abt 1917 - unk), and Barbara (Boyd) Hahn (abt Jan 1919 - unk). Leslie Boyd's home of record in 1944 was his mother's address at 218 West 2nd Street, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska.
He completed Army Air Forces radio school and was assigned as radio operator on the heavy bomber crew of Lt Thomas Womer. In December 1943, the Womer crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944, the Womer crew was assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There it completed B-24 combat crew
training, and deployed with the Group to England in March-April 1944. The crew flew B-24H 42-52662 overseas. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137, near the village of Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe.
Sometime after arrival at Station 137, he was reassigned to the crew of Lt Arthur D. Erwin in the 838th Bomb Squadron. S/Sgt Boyd and seven of his crew mates were killed in action on June 20, 1944, when their aircraft, B-24H 42-95217, was shot down by flak on the mission to bomb an oil refinery at Misburg, near Hannover, Germany.
After the war, his remains were returned to the United States and reinterred at Central City Cemetery in Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1920 and 1930 US Census; Nebraska; Merrick County
3. de Jong, Ivo. 'The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H)'. Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
4. Find A Grave: His mother, LaVon M. Boyd (1895 - 1977); a brother: William N. "Bill" Boyd (1921 - 2005)
5. Grand Island (NE) Independent. Obituary of William N. Boyd. 2 Mar 2005 (brother of Leslie L. Boyd)
(http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nemerric/olres/news/obits/obit2005.htm)
6. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. 'Special Orders Number 71'. 11 Mar 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon orders to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico, to Herington, Kansas, during the deployment to England)
7. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. 'Special Orders Number 1'. 1 Jan 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona, to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
8. Social Security Death Index
9. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 5935
10. U.S. War Department. 'World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel'. Washington, D.C., June 1946
11. World War I Draft Registration of Cecil Leonard Boyd (father of Leslie L. Boyd)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
S/Sgt Leslie L. Boyd
Birth: Feb 27, 1923, Merrick County, Nebraska, USA
Death: Jun 20, 1944, Hannover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Bio:
Staff Sergeant Leslie L. Boyd, Army serial number 37473244, was born in Merrick County, Nebraska on February 27, 1923. His parents were Cecil Leonard Boyd (11 Feb 1894 - unk) and Lavon M. (Barnum) Boyd (22 Jan 1896 - Dec 1977).
His father was an express office agent for the Union Pacific Railroad in Central City, Nebraska. He had three siblings: William N. 'Bill' Boyd (29 Jul 1921 - 26 Feb
2005), Maxine (Boyd) Dobb (abt 1917 - unk), and Barbara (Boyd) Hahn (abt Jan 1919 - unk). Leslie Boyd's home of record in 1944 was his mother's address at 218 West 2nd Street, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska.
He completed Army Air Forces radio school and was assigned as radio operator on the heavy bomber crew of Lt Thomas Womer. In December 1943, the Womer crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944, the Womer crew was assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There it completed B-24 combat crew
training, and deployed with the Group to England in March-April 1944. The crew flew B-24H 42-52662 overseas. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137, near the village of Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe.
Sometime after arrival at Station 137, he was reassigned to the crew of Lt Arthur D. Erwin in the 838th Bomb Squadron. S/Sgt Boyd and seven of his crew mates were killed in action on June 20, 1944, when their aircraft, B-24H 42-95217, was shot down by flak on the mission to bomb an oil refinery at Misburg, near Hannover, Germany.
After the war, his remains were returned to the United States and reinterred at Central City Cemetery in Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1920 and 1930 US Census; Nebraska; Merrick County
3. de Jong, Ivo. 'The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H)'. Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
4. Find A Grave: His mother, LaVon M. Boyd (1895 - 1977); a brother: William N. "Bill" Boyd (1921 - 2005)
5. Grand Island (NE) Independent. Obituary of William N. Boyd. 2 Mar 2005 (brother of Leslie L. Boyd)
(http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nemerric/olres/news/obits/obit2005.htm)
6. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. 'Special Orders Number 71'. 11 Mar 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon orders to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico, to Herington, Kansas, during the deployment to England)
7. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. 'Special Orders Number 1'. 1 Jan 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona, to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
8. Social Security Death Index
9. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 5935
10. U.S. War Department. 'World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel'. Washington, D.C., June 1946
11. World War I Draft Registration of Cecil Leonard Boyd (father of Leslie L. Boyd)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
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