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Personal info

Full name
BOYLE, Edmund Francis
Date of birth
7 July 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Bexar County, Texas
Hometown
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
O-885258
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
431 Squadron R.C.A.F.,
Royal Canadian Air Force
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 April 1944
Place of death
Veen, westnorthwest of Duisburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany
unknown

Immediate family

Members
Edmund F. Boyle (father)
Dove N. (Lowrance) Boyle (mother)
Frances Boyle (sister)
Patrick L. Campbell (stepbrother)

More information

1st Lt Edmund F. Boyle first joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He transferred to the USAAF on 5 December 1943 but remained on detached service with the RCAF. Americans serving with Coastal Command and Bomber Command were allowed to transfer to the USAAF but remain on detached service to keep their crew together and hopefully complete their tour of operations.

The aircraft crashed with the full bomb load still on board after being shot down by a night fighter, very probably flown by Capt Karlewski of FNJG 1.

All crew members were killed and are buried next to each other at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany.

Source of information: www.cwgc.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.57rescue.org, http://100548.activeboard.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: Carla Mans, Kathleen (Rose) Disston (niece)